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.
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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.
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Add this copy of Custom and Politics in Urban Africa to cart. $8.50, very good condition, Sold by Yesterday's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bournemouth, UNITED KINGDOM, published by University of California Press, 1969 1st edition.
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12+252 pages, bibliography, map: study of politically autonomous & socially exclusive Hausa communities in Yoruba towns, including the Sabo area of Ibadan; hardback, vg almost vg dw,
Add this copy of Custom and Politics in Urban Africa to cart. $31.96, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by University of California.
