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DIY urbanism in Africa : politics and practice / [edited by] Stephen Marr and Patience Mususa.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Africa now (Zed Books)
- Africa now
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology, Urban--Africa.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Cities and towns--Africa--Social conditions.
- Cities and towns.
- Civic improvement--Africa.
- Civic improvement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Other Title:
- Do-it-yourself urbanism in Africa
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Zed Books, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc/The Nordic Africa Institute, 2024.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Do-it-yourself Urbanism in Africa's Cities / Patience Mususa and Stephen Marr
- Comparative DIY Urbanisms: Reflections on a Concept's Pasts, Presents and Futures / Stephen Marr
- The Makeshift City and Do-it-yourself (DIY) Urbanism / Martin J. Murray
- Reflections on the DIY Paradigm and Urban Living in Nigeria / Mohamed-Bello Yunusa
- DIY Urbanism in an African Context and its Potential as a Collaborative Placemaking Tool for Bridging Africa's Urban Infrastructure Deficit / Mathias Agbo Jr.
- Political Economy of Community-Led Security Provisioning in Urban Africa / Victor Adetula
- The Politics of Urban Insecurity: Hybrid relations and party dominance in Lagos / Nigeria, Henrik Angerbrandt
- 'Accra We Dey': Precarious Histories, Creative Place-Making, and Reimagined Futures in Urban Ghana / Jennifer Hart
- Everyday spatial practices and production of urban commons in Accra, Ghana / Victoria Okoye
- Learning from DIY urbanism: Lessons from Freetown / Federico Monica
- DIY Urbanism as Ecotopia: The Case of the Green Camp Gallery in Durban, South Africa / Antje Daniel
- Disability and Urbanism in Malawi / Jonathan Makuwira
- The Biopolitics of Do-it-yourself Urbanism on the Zambian Copperbelt / Patience Mususa
- Concusion: DIY Urbanism as Politics of Interruption / Stephen Marr and Patience Mususa.
- Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain 2024 in association with the Nordic Africa Institute"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 20, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: DIY urbanism in Africa
- ISBN:
- 9781350237537
- 1350237531
- 9781786999061
- 1786999064
- 9781786999030
- 178699903X
- Publisher Number:
- 40032028104
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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