Katutura: A Place Where We Stay - Life in a Post-Apartheid Township in Namibia

Katutura, located in Namibia's major urban center and capital, Windhoek, was a township created by apartheid, and administered in the past by the most rigid machinery of the apartheid era. This book looks at urbanization, poverty, stratification, ethnicity, social structure, and social history.

Summary

Katutura, located in Namibia’s major urban center and capital, Windhoek, was a township created by apartheid, and administered in the past by the most rigid machinery of the apartheid era. Namibia became a sovereign state in 1990, and Katutura reflects many of the changes that have taken place.

Product details

• Authors: Wade C. Pendleton
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1996
• EAN: 9780896801882
• ISBN: 978-0-89680-188-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Monographs in International St; Research in International Studies, Africa Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous