On the worlding of African cities

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Title:	On the worlding of African cities
Author:	Simone, AbdouMaliq
Year:	2001
Periodical:	African Studies Review
Volume:	44
Issue:	2
Period:	September
Pages:	15-41
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	Islamic movements urban population Urbanization and Migration Development and Technology Religion and Witchcraft
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/525573
Abstract:	How do African urban residents, who are conventionally assumed to operate within parochial, highly localized confines, operate at larger scales? How do they reach a 'larger world'? The article looks at some of the overall effects on African cities and their residents of a global process of scalar recomposition and the reconfiguration of social cohesion that ensues. By examining renovations in a traditional Islamic Institution, 'zawiyyah' (Sufi lodge), an example is provided of ways in which urban Africans attempt to act effectively within larger domains. Bibliogr., note, ref., sum. in English and French.