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Custom and Politics in Urban Africa

By Abner Cohen

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780520314153
DOI
10.1525/9780520314153
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14151119 bytes)
Edition
Reprint 2020
Pages
264\264
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 15:46:37

Description

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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