Custom and politics in urban Africa : a study of Hausa migrants in Yoruba towns
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Custom and politics in urban Africa : a study of Hausa migrants in Yoruba towns
（Routledge classic ethnographies）
Routledge, 2004
- : pbk
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge & K. Paul, 1969
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Migratory Process
- Chapter 2 The Migratory Process
- Chapter 3 Landlords of the Trade
- Chapter 4 The Politics of Long-Distance Trade (1906-1950)
- Chapter 5 From a Tribal Polity to a Religious Brotherhood (1951-63)
- Chapter 6 Chapter Six: The Ritualization of Political Authority
- Conclusions: Political Ethnicity in Contemporary African Towns
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