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Custom and Politics in Urban Africa

A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba Towns, 2nd Edition

By Abner Cohen

Introduction by Elizabeth Colson

Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge – 288 pages

Series: Routledge Classic Ethnographies

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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.

    Name: Custom and Politics in Urban Africa: A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba Towns, 2nd Edition (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Abner CohenIntroduction by Elizabeth Colson. 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...
    Categories: Anthropology - Soc Sci, Ethnography & Methodology, History & Theory of Anthropology