Stanleyville - An African Urban Community Under Belgian Administration

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Valdo Pons, Pons Valdo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138597433
• ISBN: 978-1-138-59743-3
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Africa, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Urban communities, Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies