slums

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Residents are running guided tours through slums once controlled by gang leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Wine grew up in one of Kampala's biggest slums, Kamwokya, where thousands of Ugandans struggle to get by and feel forgotten by Museveni's government.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Having grown up in the slums of the capital, Kampala, he dubbed himself the "ghetto president" and campaigns on issues such as youth unemployment and human rights.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Relating his journey to becoming a visual storyteller, Thomas recalled growing up in “one of the worst slums of Philadelphia,” sitting on his front stoop reading Shakespeare, James Baldwin and Tennessee Williams, immersed and transported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

He was somewhere in the vague, brown-colored slums to the north and east of what had once been Saint Pancras Station.

From "1984" by George Orwell