Custom and Politics in Urban Africa
Download or Read eBook Custom and Politics in Urban Africa PDF written by Abner Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Abner Cohen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2013-06-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136523243 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1136523243 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Custom and Politics in Urban Africa by : Abner Cohen
Book excerpt: 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.
