Drawing on his nearly fifteen years of work in African cities--as an activist, teacher, development worker, researcher, and advisor to ngos and local governments--Simone provides a series of case studies illuminating the provisional networks through which most of Africa's urban dwellers procure basic goods and services. He examines informal economies and social networks in Pikine, a large suburb of Dakar, Senegal; in Winterveld, a neighborhood on the edge of Pretoria, South Africa; in Douala, Cameroon; and among Africans seeking work in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He contextualizes these particular cases through an analysis of the broad social, economic, and historical conditions that created present-day urban Africa. "For the City Yet to Come" is a powerful argument that any serious attempt to reinvent African urban centers must acknowledge the particular history of these cities and incorporate the local knowledge reflected in already existing informal urban economic and social systems.
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Drawing on his nearly fifteen years of work in African cities--as an activist, teacher, development worker, researcher, and advisor to ngos and local governments--Simone provides a series of case studies illuminating the provisional networks through which most of Africa's urban dwellers procure basic goods and services. He examines informal economies and social networks in Pikine, a large suburb of Dakar, Senegal; in Winterveld, a neighborhood on the edge of Pretoria, South Africa; in Douala, Cameroon; and among Africans seeking work in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He contextualizes these particular cases through an analysis of the broad social, economic, and historical conditions that created present-day urban Africa. "For the City Yet to Come" is a powerful argument that any serious attempt to reinvent African urban centers must acknowledge the particular history of these cities and incorporate the local knowledge reflected in already existing informal urban economic and social systems.
Imprint | Duke University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | October 2004 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | October 2004 |
Authors | AbdouMaliq Simone |
Dimensions | 160 x 241 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards |
Pages | 312 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8223-3434-7 |
Barcode | 9780822334347 |
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LSN | 0-8223-3434-8 |