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São Paulo skyline with favela roofs
News | 19.03.2025

Favela – on the outskirts of the city

The first favelas were built more than 100 years ago on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Many former African slaves and their descendants settled there, as they had no land and no prospect of work. That is why the favelas were then called bairros africanos (African quarters). The term “favela” is de ...
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