City Life in Africa

introduces readers to the anthropology of urban life in Africa, showing what ethnography can teach us about African city dwellers’ own notions, practices and reflections. asks what anthropologists have come to learn about Africans’ views on city life, providing a critical acclaim of ethnographies in English, French and German and elucidates anthropology’s contribution to understanding city life in Africa Uniquely organized with chapters according to everyday activities of city dwellers: moving, connecting, governing, working, dwelling and wayfinding.