The African metropolis : struggles over urban space, citizenship, and rights to the city / edited by Toyin Falola and Bisola Falola.

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English
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  • London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylot & Francis Group, 2018.
  • ©2018
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ix, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

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    "On a planet where urbanization is rapidly expanding, nowhere is the growth more pronounced than in cities of the global South, and in particular, Africa. African metropolises are harbingers of the urban challenges that lie ahead as societies grapple with the fractured social, economic, and political relations forming within these new, often mega, cities. The African Metropolis integrates geographical and historical perspectives to examine how processes of segregation, marginalization, resilience, and resistance are shaping cities across Africa, spanning from Nigeria and Ghana to Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa. The chapters pay particular attention to the voices and daily realities of those most vulnerable to urban transformations, and to questions such as: Who governs? Who should the city serve? Who has a right to the city? And how can the built spaces and contentious legacies of colonialism and prior development regimes be inclusively reconstructed? In addition to highlighting critical contemporary debates, the book furthers our ability to examine the transformations taking place in cities of the global South, providing detailed accounts of local complexities while also generating insights that can scale up and across to similar cities around the world."-- Publisher's website.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Kefa M. Otiso and Bisola Falola
    • Part I: The politics of space : evolving legacies of segregation and marginalization
    • Understanding the Zongo: processes of socio-spatial marginalization in Ghana / Emily Anne Williamson
    • Analytical views on the cultural and spatialized narratives of Asmara / Mussa Idris
    • "Urban man in Jos": growth, transiting power and authority in a conflict-prone city / Henry Gyang Mang
    • Adapted utopia : the rise, fall, and reemergence of Ponte City / Gregory Marinic
    • Urban renewal schemes and the plight of internally displaced persons in Nigeria / Bamidele Omotunde Alabi
    • Issues and challenges in the urban renewal program of Lagos State / Adedotun Moses Atilade
    • Part II: Claiming space and rights through daily life
    • Informal citizens? Residents' perceptions of space and place in a South African informal settlement / Melissa Kelly and Letshego Isaac Lechoenyo
    • Urban spaces and human livelihoods: language use in Makoko slum settlement, Lagos mainland / Mojisola Shodipe
    • The unheralded politics of urban spaces in Nigeria : a case of city prostitution and precarious livelihoods / Obinna Innocent Ihunna
    • Urban dwellers and conflicts in Jos : issues in rights to city / Tangshak Ayuba Larab and David Nyam Ajiji
    • Modernizing Makadara Gardens : development and the struggle for urban space in Kenya / Caleb Edwin Owen.
    ISBN
    • 9781138069152 (hardcover)
    • 1138069159 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2017025929
    OCLC
    989862567
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