Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara

Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara

This article argues that the defining features of urban citizenship as described by Maarten Prak for Europe, Asia and the Americas, were also present in the cities that emerged in Africa south of the Sahara well before the colonial era. It discusses the forms that citizenship in Africa took, payi...

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Main Author: Cathérine Coquery-Vidrovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2020-12-01
Series:Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
Subjects:
africa
citizenship
Online Access:https://openjournals.nl/index.php/tseg/article/view/9373
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spelling doaj-a96e8b69a69a45528d14aba4794f85642021-10-02T14:39:36ZengOpen JournalsTijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis1572-17012468-90682020-12-0117310.18352/tseg.1168Urban citizenship in Africa South of the SaharaCathérine Coquery-Vidrovitch0University Paris-7 This article argues that the defining features of urban citizenship as described by Maarten Prak for Europe, Asia and the Americas, were also present in the cities that emerged in Africa south of the Sahara well before the colonial era. It discusses the forms that citizenship in Africa took, paying special attention to the question whom were qualified as citizens. https://openjournals.nl/index.php/tseg/article/view/9373africacitizenship
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Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
africa
citizenship
author_facet Cathérine Coquery-Vidrovitch
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title Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara
title_short Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara
title_full Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara
title_fullStr Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara
title_full_unstemmed Urban citizenship in Africa South of the Sahara
title_sort urban citizenship in africa south of the sahara
publisher Open Journals
series Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
issn 1572-1701
2468-9068
publishDate 2020-12-01
description This article argues that the defining features of urban citizenship as described by Maarten Prak for Europe, Asia and the Americas, were also present in the cities that emerged in Africa south of the Sahara well before the colonial era. It discusses the forms that citizenship in Africa took, paying special attention to the question whom were qualified as citizens.
topic africa
citizenship
url https://openjournals.nl/index.php/tseg/article/view/9373
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