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The African Metropolis: Struggles over Urban Space, Citizenship, and Rights to the City
This volume integrates geographical and historical perspectives to examine how processes of segregation, marginalization, resilience, and resistance are shaping cities across Africa. Who governs? Who should the city serve? And how can the built spaces and legacies of colonialism and prior development regimes be inclusively reconstructed?
| Author(s) | Edited by Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA), Bisola Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 296 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 30 Aug 2017 |
| Availability | Available |
This volume integrates geographical and historical perspectives to examine how processes of segregation, marginalization, resilience, and resistance are shaping cities across Africa. Who governs? Who should the city serve? And how can the built spaces and legacies of colonialism and prior development regimes be inclusively reconstructed?
Introduction Part I: The Politics of Space and Patterns of Segregation and Marginalization 1. Understanding the Zongo: Processes of Scoio-Spatial Marginalization in Ghana 2. Analytical Views on Past and Present Official and Cultural Narratives of
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Bisola Falola studies spatial and social inequality as a researcher in the Department of Ge
