Power and Informality in Urban Africa Ethnographic Perspectives

• Other Authors: Stark, Laura (Editor), Teppo, Annika Björnsdotter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala; London The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) 2022
• Series: Africa Now
• Subjects: Poverty & unemployment; Social discrimination & inequality; Urban economics; Urban communities; Africa; Urbanization; Towns; Informal sector; Urban population; Poverty; Urban development; Urban areas; Urban sociology; Case studies; Africa
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Urban Africa is undergoing a transformation unlike anywhere else in the world, as unprecedented numbers of people migrate to rapidly expanding cities. But despite the growing body of work on urban Africa, the lives of these new city dwellers have received relatively little attention, particularly wh...