For the City yet to Come Changing African Life in Four Cities

Name: For the City yet to Come Changing African Life in Four Cities
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ISBN: 9780822334453

ISBN-10: 0822334453

ISBN-13: 9780822334453

Edition: 2004

Authors: AbdouMaliq Simone

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'For the City Yet to Come' is a powerful argument that any serious attempt to reinvent urban centres must acknowledge the particular history of African cities & incorporate the local knowledge reflected in already existing informal urban economic & social systems.

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10/7/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Remaking African Cities



The Informal: The Projet de Ville in Pikine, Senegal



The Invisible: Winterveld, South Africa



The Spectral: Assembling Douala, Cameroon



Movement: The Zawiyyah as the City



Reconciling Engagement and Belonging: Some Matters of History



The Production and Management of Urban Resources



Cities and Change


Notes


References


Index