Africa's urban past / edited by David M. Anderson and Richard Rathbone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, David, 1957-

Rathbone, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Africa--History--Congresses.

Cities and towns.

History.

Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 2000.

Summary:

This survey reveals a remarkable depth of urbanization in African history.

Contents:

Urban Africa: Histories in the Making / David M. Anderson, Richard Rathbone

Part 1 Urban Archaeologies

1 Clustered Cities of the Middle Niger: Alternative Routes to Authority in Prehistory / Roderick J. Mcintosh 19

2 African City Walls: A Neglected Source? / Graham Connah 36

3 Aksumite Urbanism / David W. Phillipson 52

Part 2 Pre-colonial Towns in Transition

4 Mbanza Kongo/Sao Salvador: Kongo's Holy City / John K. Thornton 67

5 Ouidah: a Pre-colonial: Urban Centre in Coastal West Africa 1727-1892 / Robin Law 85

6 Merchants, Missions & the Remaking of the Urban Environment in Buganda c. 1840-90 / Richard Reid, Henri Medard 98

Part 3 Urban Economies

7 'A Town of Strangers' or 'A Model Modern East African Town'? Arusha & the Arusha / Thomas Spear 109

8 The Cost of Living in Lagos 1914-45 / Ayodeji Olukoju 126

9 The City of Durban: Towards a Structural Analysis of the Economic Growth & Character of a South African City / Bill Freund 144

Part 4 Becoming Urban: Towns as Cultural Brokers

10 'But I know what I shall do': Agency, Belief & the Social Imaginary in Eighteenth-century Gold Coast Towns / Ray Kea 163

11 Gender in the City: Women, Migration & Contested Spaces in Tunis c. 1830-81 / Julia Clancy-Smith 189

12 The Cultural Politics of Death & Burial in Early Colonial Accra / John Parker 205

13 'Wo pe tam won pe ba' ('You like cloth but you don't want children') Urbanization, Individualism & Gender Relations in Colonial Ghana c. 1900-39 / Emmanuel Akyeampong 222

Part 5 The Politics of Urban Order

14 Land Alienation & the Urban Growth of Bahir Dar 1935-74 / Seltene Seyoum 235

15 Conservation & the Colonial Past Urban Planning, Space & Power in Zanzibar / William Cunningham Bissell 246

16 The Urbanism of District Six, Cape Town / Rafael Marks, Marco Bezzoli 262

17 The Political Shaping of Sacred Locality in Brazzaville 1959-97 / Florence Bernault 283.

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held June 1996, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0325002215

0325002207

OCLC:

42454305