ISBN:
0415320097
Language:
English
Pages:
XXVIII, 252 S.
,
Kt.
Edition:
This ed. 1. publ.
Series Statement:
Routledge classic ethnographies
DDC:
307.2409669
Keywords:
Indigenes Volk
;
Hausa (African people) Migrations
;
Indigenous peoples Urban residence
;
Rural-urban migration
;
Yoruba (African people) Social conditions
;
Stadt
;
Yoruba
;
Stamm
;
Migration
;
Hausa
;
Stadtsoziologie
;
Stadtbevölkerung
;
Nigeria Ethnic relations
;
Nigeria Social conditions
;
Afrika
;
Yoruba
;
Stadtbevölkerung
;
Hausa
;
Stadtbevölkerung
;
Afrika
;
Stadtbevölkerung
;
Stamm
;
Hausa
;
Migration
;
Stadt
;
Stadtsoziologie
Abstract:
"This classic ethnography explores the practices of the Yoruban Hausa community - an exclusive and politically autonomous group which has power and control in many areas of West Africa. In particular, it looks at the 'retribalizing' process by which ethnic groups such as the Hausa reinvent tradition and manipulate values, myths, symbols and rituals from their culture as political tools in the struggle for power and privilege." "Custom and Politics in Urban Africa has become a standard example of how to study complex social relationships in contemporary urban settings undergoing social change. Since it was first published in 1969, the book has been regarded as a landmark work in urban anthropology, and provides a comparative framework for the analysis of political processes in African societies."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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