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Pirate Towns: Reworking social and symbolic infrastructures in Johannesburg and Douala.

Through examinations of inner-city street economies in Johannesburg and mechanisms of emigration and political resistance in the Bapenda Omnisport and Mouchouchou quarters of Douala, the paper attempts to explore how notions of piracy might usefully elucidate the everyday practices of African urban...

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Published in:Urban Studies (Routledge) Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 357 - 371
Main Author: Simone, AbdouMaliq
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2006
Subjects:
Pirates
Social structure
Inner cities
City dwellers
Families
Urban growth
Duala (African people)
Johannesburg (South Africa)
South Africa
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