Custom and Politics in Urban Africa: A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba Towns
Author:   Abner Cohen ,  Elizabeth Colson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
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9780415320092


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   20 November 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Custom and Politics in Urban Africa: A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba Towns


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Author:   Abner Cohen ,  Elizabeth Colson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780415320092


ISBN 10:   0415320097
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   20 November 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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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Abner Cohen was formerly Professor of Anthropology at the University of London, and carried out intensive fieldwork in Africa and the Near East. Custom and Politics in Urban Africa earned him the prestigious Amaury Talbot Prize in 1969.

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