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Custom and Politics in Urban Africa
A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba Towns
- 280 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Map of Sabo Area, Ibadan
- Preface to new edition
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Migratory Process: Settlers and Strangers
- 2. The Migratory Process: Prostitutes and Housewives
- 3. Landlords of the Trade
- 4. The Politics of Long-Distance Trade (1906–1950)
- 5. From a Tribal Polity to a Religious Brotherhood ( 1951–1963)
- 6. The Ritualization of Political Authority
- Conclusions Political Ethnicity in Contemporary African Towns
- Numerical Abstracts
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index