1st Edition

Stanleyville An African Urban Community Under Belgian Administration

386 Pages

by Routledge

386 Pages

by Routledge

386 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1969, this is a study of the Congolese community of Kinsangani (formerly Stanleyville), as it was in 1952-3 under Belgian administration. It pays particular attention to the tribal heterogeneity of the community, and to the processes of absorption of urban-dwellers who made up substantial proportions of the population. Although by comparison with Kinshasa and... Read more

Part 1: Introduction

1. Scope and Methodology

Part 2: The Context of Social Relations

2. The Nature of the Town and of its African Community

3. Demographic and Social Selection

4. Ethnic Colonies 5. Immigrants and Differentiated Neighbourhoods

Part 3: The Nature of Social Relations

6. Neighbourhood Relations

7. The Social Relations of Three Men from Avenue 21

8. Relations Between the Sexes

Part 4: Summary and Conclusions

9. Avenue 21 and the Wider Community. Appendices.