Landlords and lodgers : socio-spatial organization in an Accra community / Deborah Pellow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pellow, Deborah, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human territoriality--Ghana--Accra.

Human territoriality.

Spatial behavior--Ghana--Accra.

Spatial behavior.

Hausa (African people)--Ghana--Accra--Social conditions.

Hausa (African people).

Muslims--Ghana--Accra--Social conditions.

Muslims.

Accra (Ghana)--History.

Accra (Ghana).

Accra (Ghana)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on 25 years of research on and in Sabon Zongo, one of the oldest migrant communities in Accra, Ghana, this book is about the spatial and social production of this community within this urban setting. While Sabon Zongo is clearly part of the larger urban landscape of Accra, it is also culturally distinct, representing the melding of a migrant Hausa ethos, informed by Islam, its values and its institutions, and the metropolitan knowledge shared by all city dwellers. The author explores the interconnections of community residents to one another both in terms of built space-the boundaries of community, community structures, and compounds-and social space-the social networks, institutions, activities, and routines through which Sabon Zongo residents reproduce meaning as constituted by and in their built environment. There is no body of data similar to this study's both in breadth and depth of understanding relating to this particular urban community. Much of the material has never been published. Both theoretically and substantively, this book makes a unique contribution to the literature on African urban life. Written in a clear, open style, this book will appeal to specialists and interested general readers alike.

Contents:

Cover

LANDLORDS AND LODGERS

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

GLOSSARY

PREFACE

1 INTRODUCTION

LINKING PEOPLE AND PLACE

MANAGING IN THE CITY

THE STORY UNFOLDS

NOTES

2 THE URBAN CULTURAL CONTEXT

MODERN ACCRA: A BRIEF GAZE

EARLY SETTLEMENTS

EUROPEAN DOMINION

SPATIAL AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING

NEIGHBORHOODS, HOUSE FORM, AND CULTURE

HOUSING TODAY

3 STRANGERS, STRUGGLES, AND THE CREATION OF SABON ZONGO

MUSLIM MIGRANTS IN ACCRA

MUSLIM LEADERSHIP IN ACCRA

THE HAUSA MOLD

THE EARLY COMMUNITY: LAND AND LEADERSHIP

THE EARLY COMMUNITY: THE POPULATION AND ITS CHARACTER

TIES WITH ACCRA

4 SABON ZONGO: ENVIRONMENTAL DELIMITATIONS

A BOUNDED COMMUNITY

SPATIAL SUBDIVISIONS: UNGUWA

MARKET AND STREET TRADE

CONVENIENCE VS. EXPECTATIONS AND ATTACHMENTS

5 TIES THAT BIND

KINSHIP

ETHNICITY

THE CORNER MOSQUE

PATRONS AND CLIENTS

6 EVERYDAY LIFE

PARTICIPANTS IN DAILY EXCHANGE

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SEXES

SCHOOLING

OCCUPATIONS

INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE

CAMARADERIE

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS

AN URBAN NICHE

7 ANTHILL ARCHITECTURE: THE INVOLUTED COMPOUND

EVOLVING FORMS

BOUNDARIES, MATERIALS, AND FACILITIES

MODELS TO FOLLOW: GENDERED SPACE

COMPOUND SPACE-VARIATIONS ON A THEME

TENANT AND NUCLEAR FAMILY HOMES: EXTREMES OF CHANGE

MARKING SOCIAL CHANGE

8 COMPOUND SOCIAL SPACE: TRANSFORMATIONS THROUGH LIVING

THE DRAW OF SABON ZONGO

HAVING CAPACITY

BECOMING A TENANT

COMPOUND-BASED ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC PRIVACY

GENDER ROLES

CHANGING ROLES

9 CONCLUSION: ZONGWANCI

NOTE

APPENDIX

SAMPLE OF COMPOUNDS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index.

ISBN:

9798400676444

9786610422883

9781280422881

1280422882

9780313012396

0313012393

OCLC:

232190010