Landlords and Lodgers Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community

Name: Landlords and Lodgers Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community
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ISBN: 9780275976002

ISBN-10: 0275976009

ISBN-13: 9780275976002

Edition: 2002

Authors: Deborah Pellow

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Based on 25 years of research on and in Sabon Zongo, one of the oldest migrant communities in Accra, Ghana, this book is about the spatial and social production of this community within this urban setting. While Sabon Zongo is clearly part of the larger urban landscape of Accra, it is also culturally distinct, representing the melding of a migrant Hausa ethos, informed by Islam, its values and its institutions, and the metropolitan knowledge shared by all city dwellers. The author explores the interconnections of community residents to one another both in terms of built space--the boundaries of community, community structures, and compounds--and social space--the social networks,…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/30/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Illustrations


Glossary


Preface



Introduction



The Urban Cultural Context



Strangers, Struggles, and the Creation of Sabon Zongo



Sabon Zongo: Environmental Delimitations



Ties That Bind



Everyday Life



Anthill Architecture: The Involuted Compound



Compound Social Space: Transformations through Living



Conclusion: Zongwanci


Appendix


Bibliography


Index