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Clara Town

Slum on Bushrod Island in Monrovia, Liberia

Clara Town
Summary

Slum on Bushrod Island in Monrovia, Liberia

Clara Town located on a map of greater [[Monrovia]].
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Clara Town is a slum located on Bushrod Island in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. It is built upon a swamp. Clara Town was one of several ethnic communes that was squatted in the outskirts of Monrovia. Clara Town had around 4,500 inhabitants in 1964 out of whom 99% were Kru.

An area within Clara Town is named "Struggle Community". According to The New Humanitarian this zone is "a network of haphazard, rubbish-strewn streets, many of which are flooded for several months of the year". In this area, 10,000 residents share two privately owned water taps. Clara Town's 75,000 people shared 11 public toilets and 22 public taps in 2009.

Notable people

  • George Weah, former soccer player and president of Liberia.

References

References

  1. "Maps of Major Streets in Monrovia".
  2. (1988). "Slum and Squatter Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward a Planning Strategy". Praeger.
  3. Willi Schulze. (1973). "Liberia: länderkundl. Dominanten u. regionale Strukturen". Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
  4. [http://www.irinnews.org/report/87110/liberia-disease-rife-as-more-people-squeeze-into-fewer-toilets "LIBERIA: Disease rife as more people squeeze into fewer toilets"], [[The New Humanitarian. IRIN News]], 19 November 2009.
  5. [http://www.talkfootball.co.uk/guides/george_weah.html Talk Football, "Liberian Football Legend Profile: George Weah"]
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