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Landlords and Lodgers Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community
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Deborah Pellow
ISBN: 0-275-97600-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97600-2
280 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2002
List Price: $102.95 (UK Sterling Price: £71.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Based on 25 years of research on and in Sabon Zongo, one of the oldest migrant communities in Accra, Ghana, this book is about the spatial and social production of this community within this urban setting. While Sabon Zongo is clearly part of the larger urban landscape of Accra, it is also culturally distinct, representing the melding of a migrant Hausa ethos, informed by Islam, its values and its institutions, and the metropolitan knowledge shared by all city dwellers. The author explores the interconnections of community residents to one another both in terms of built space—the boundaries of community, community structures, and compounds—and social space—the social networks, institutions, activities, and routines through which Sabon Zongo residents reproduce meaning as constituted by and in their built environment.

There is no body of data similar to this study's both in breadth and depth of understanding relating to this particular urban community. Much of the material has never been published. Both theoretically and substantively, this book makes a unique contribution to the literature on African urban life. Written in a clear, open style, this book will appeal to specialists and interested general readers alike.
Table of Contents:
  • Glossary
    Preface
    Introduction
    The Urban Cultural Context
    Strangers, Struggles, and the Creation
    Sabon Zongo: Environmental Delimitations
    Ties That Bind
    Everyday Life
    Anthill Architecture: The Involuted Compound
    Compound Social Space: Transformations through Living
    Conclusion: Zongwanci
    Appendix
    Index
About the Author: DEBORAH PELLOW is Professor of Anthropology in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.
LCC Class: 306
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