Stanleyville

An African Urban Community Under Belgian Administration

Valdo Pons

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Routledge
29 April 2020

Urban communities; Anthropology; Regional geography

Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century

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. Although by comparison with Kinshasa and Lubambashi, Kisangani was a minor boom-town and by far the largest and most diversified urban centre in a vast and varied region. The book analyses the diversity and growth of the community and traces some of the many social implications for day to day life of ethnic heterogeneity and rapid population increase, developing concepts of cleavage and solidarity in changing urban communities in Southern and Central Africa. It emphasizes similarities as well as differences in the varied patterns and processes of African urbanization.

By: Valdo Pons
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781138597518
ISBN 10: 1138597511
Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Pages: 386
Publication Date: 29 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Valdo Pons