Custom and Politics in Urban Africa: A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba Towns

by Abner Cohen

Overview

A discussion of the process by which some ethnic groups manipulate values, myths, symbols and ceremonials from their traditional culture in order to develop an informal political organisation. This organisation is then used as a weapon in the struggle for power and privilege within contemporary society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136523243
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/2013
Series:	Routledge Classic Ethnographies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Migratory Process: Settlers and Strangers; Chapter 2 The Migratory Process: Prostitutes and Housewives; 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 The Ritualization of Political Authority;