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disintegration of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s, and 'more murderous today than
in the depths of the economic depression in the 1930s' (Chesnais 1992:221).
The last quarter of the Twentieth Century witnessed an escalation of violent crime in
Africa. This crime is mainly related to the increased intensity and complexity of
urbanisation. Obviously, specific features of urbanisation have particularly contributed to
the growth of criminal violence.
Cairo, Lagos and Johannesburg are the cities that feature most prominently in literature on
violent crime in Africa (Albert 1998). There are other cities, however, whose violent crime
rate is equally or relatively high or is fast becoming so. Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is one
of those cities.
Descriptors: Violence, Crime, Insecurity, Social Problems.
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