Custom and Politics in Urban Africa

Custom and Politics in Urban Africa
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781136523175
ISBN-13 : 1136523170
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Book Synopsis Custom and Politics in Urban Africa by : Abner Cohen

Download or read book Custom and Politics in Urban Africa written by Abner Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Cohen's fieldwork in the 1960s among the Hausa migrants, a people of the Yoruba area (then the western region of the Federation of Nigeria), Custom and Politics in Urban Africa looks at how ethnic groups use elements of tradition in jostling for power and privilege in new urban situations. This is a landmark work in urban anthropology and provides a comparative framework for studying political processes in African societies.


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