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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp015q47rr53g| Title: | Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness |
| Contributors: | Bekker, Simon Theron, Göran |
| Keywords: | capitals Africa Sub-Saharan Congresses politics government colonial influence Nationalism history power Conakry Dakar Lomé Lagos Abuja Brazzaville Nairobi Maputo and Luanda |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) |
| Place of Publication: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Series/Report no.: | CODESRIA Publications in Full Text |
| Description: | Full-text for the front matter is missing. ---- This book is a study of how power is manifested in the urban forms of several sub-Saharan capital cities. It also examines how the urban populace is at times powerless in the face of these manifestations and how counter-power is often generated in the urban spaces and communities of these capitals. The book uses the examples of a number of African capital cities to examine their different colonial backgrounds, processes of nation building, different kinds of regimes after independence, waves of popular protest, explosive population growth and in most cases stunted economic development. By focusing on the urban forms, symbolic as well as material, of multi-layered power, the book takes a new approach in the study of African cities and politics. The case studies of a selection of sub-Saharan capitals, which span the continent geographically, all have a broadly similar structure. The concluding chapter pulls together the threads of this urban geological study with a comparative analysis of these capital cities in Africa south of the Sahara, and provides contextual reference to other cities not included in the case studies. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp015q47rr53g |
| ISSN: | 978-2- 8697-8495-6 |
| Related resource: | http://www.codesria.org |
| Appears in Collections: | Serials and series reports (Publicly Accessible) - CODESRIA |
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| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_1__Introduction.pdf | 116.87 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_2__Conakry.pdf | 493.93 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_3__Dakar.pdf | 398.36 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_4__Lome.pdf | 461.05 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_5__Lagos.pdf | 441.82 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_6__Abuja.pdf | 463.08 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_7__Brazzaville.pdf | 432.72 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_8__Nairobi.pdf | 482.38 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_9__Maputo_and_Luanda.pdf | 526.65 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Chapter_10__South_African_capital_cities.pdf | 525.62 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Contributors.pdf | 50.88 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Index.pdf | 143.75 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Credits.pdf | 57.09 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| Capital_Cities_in_Africa-Cities_in_Africa_Capital_Cities.pdf | 3.37 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Download |
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