Table of Contents

Introduction;
The Experts: The ‘State’ of Urban Environments in Africa;
The Past: The Urban Biogeography of (Post)Colonialism;
The Artists: Using African Literature to Read Urban Environments;
The Cityscape: Place-Names, Culture and Spirits;
From the Grass Roots: Popular Understandings of Urban Environmental Issues in Africa;
Conclusion: Re-Reading Urban Environments.

About the Author

Garth Myers is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Urban International Studies at Trinity College, Hartford, CT. He is director of the urban studies program and a member of the international studies program. He is the author of three other books on urban Africa and co-editor for two other volumes; he has published more than sixty articles and book chapters as well.

Reviews

"A tour de force that opens up an entirely new terrain of scholarly research on urban Africa this book fills a variety of huge gaps in the existing literature" Martin Murray University of Michigan