2. THE LOCATION AND NATURE OF WEST AFRICAN CITIES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTRIBUTORS VII
4. CONTENTS IX
5. 1 . INTRODUCTION 1
6. 2. THE LOCATION AND NATURE OF WEST AFRICAN CITIES 23
7. 3. SOME THOUGHTS ON MIGRATION AND URBAN SETTLEMENT 39
8. 4 URBANISM, MIGRATION, AND LANGUAGE 50
9. 5. LABOR MIGRATION AMONG THE MOSSI OF THE UPPER VOLTA 60
10. 6. OSHOGBO—AN URBAN COMMUNITY? 85
11. 7. URBAN INFLUENCES ON THE RURAL HAUSA 110
12. 8. SOCIAL ALIGNMENT AND IDENTITY IN A WEST AFRICAN CITY 131
13. 9. MIGRATION IN WEST AFRICA: THE POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE 148
14. 10. THE ECONOMICS OF THE MIGRANT LABOR SYSTEM 160
15. NOTES 185
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 201
17. INDEX 215