Although throughout the history of anthropology the ethnography of urban societies was never an important topic, investigations on cities in Africa contributed to the early theoretical development of urban studies in social sciences. As the ethnography of rural migrants in towns made clear, cultural diversity and creativity are foundational and permanent elements of urban cultures in Africa (and beyond). Currently, two new aspects complement these insights: 1) Different forms of mobility have received a new awareness through the concept of transnationalism. They are much more complex, including not only rural–urban migration, but also urban–urban migration, and migrations with a destination beyond the continent. 2) Urban life-worlds also in...
When an individual walks the urban landscape there is a unique symbiosis between self and city. It i...
Afropolis. City, Media, Art Exhibition on urbanization in Africa Today more than half the world's p...
Towns and cities existed throughout Africa’s past. However since the late twentieth century Africans...
Although throughout the history of anthropology the ethnography of urban societies was never an impo...
Although throughout the history of anthropology the ethnography of urban societies was never an impo...
Against the backdrop of current research on the city, urbanity is understood to be a distinct way of...
Against the backdrop of current research on the city, urbanity is understood to be a distinct way of...
This paper draws on insights from the African Perspectives on Human Mobility research programme, whi...
Migratory Behaviours and Ethnical Dynamisms in African Cities Ethnic and family factors constitut...
ERNSTSON H., LAWHON M. and DUMINY J. Conceptual vectors of African urbanism: ‘engaged theory-making ...
The growth of cities is one of the most significant aspects of the contemporary transformation of Af...
This study discusses postmillennial cinema narratives from six African cities: Cairo, Monrovia, Nair...
In this article I introduce the concept of ‘mobile worlding’ in relation to African diaspora's urban...
The transnational movements of Africans within the continent are seldom conceptualised as leading to...
A cross-regional assessment finds varied trajectories of how, at the expense of alternatives, humans...
When an individual walks the urban landscape there is a unique symbiosis between self and city. It i...
Afropolis. City, Media, Art Exhibition on urbanization in Africa Today more than half the world's p...
Towns and cities existed throughout Africa’s past. However since the late twentieth century Africans...
Although throughout the history of anthropology the ethnography of urban societies was never an impo...
Although throughout the history of anthropology the ethnography of urban societies was never an impo...
Against the backdrop of current research on the city, urbanity is understood to be a distinct way of...
Against the backdrop of current research on the city, urbanity is understood to be a distinct way of...
This paper draws on insights from the African Perspectives on Human Mobility research programme, whi...
Migratory Behaviours and Ethnical Dynamisms in African Cities Ethnic and family factors constitut...
ERNSTSON H., LAWHON M. and DUMINY J. Conceptual vectors of African urbanism: ‘engaged theory-making ...
The growth of cities is one of the most significant aspects of the contemporary transformation of Af...
This study discusses postmillennial cinema narratives from six African cities: Cairo, Monrovia, Nair...
In this article I introduce the concept of ‘mobile worlding’ in relation to African diaspora's urban...
The transnational movements of Africans within the continent are seldom conceptualised as leading to...
A cross-regional assessment finds varied trajectories of how, at the expense of alternatives, humans...
When an individual walks the urban landscape there is a unique symbiosis between self and city. It i...
Afropolis. City, Media, Art Exhibition on urbanization in Africa Today more than half the world's p...
Towns and cities existed throughout Africa’s past. However since the late twentieth century Africans...