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.
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