Reflections on Identity in Four African Cities.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- PART 1: Social Identity: Construction, Research and Analysis -- Chapter 2 - Identity studies in Africa -- PART 2: Profiles of Four Cities -- Chapter 3 - Demographic profiles of Cape Town and Johannesburg -- Chapter 4 - Demographic profiles of Libreville and Lomé -- PART 3: Space and Identity -- Chapter 5 - Space and identity -- Chapter 6 - Domestic workers, job access and work identities in Cape Town and Johannesburg -- Chapter 7 - When shacks ain't chic! -- PART 4: Class, Race, Language and Identity -- Chapter 8 - Discourses on a changing urban environment -- Chapter 9 - Class, race and language in Cape Town and Johannesburg -- Chapter 10 - The importance of language identities to black residents of Cape Town and Johannesburg -- Chapter 11 - The importance of language identities in Lomé and Libreville -- PART 5: The African Continent -- Chapter 12 - What is an African? -- References -- List of contributors -- Index -- Back cover.

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