Oxford Street, Accra

Quayson Ato Quayson

Description

In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant and globalized commercial district. He traces the city's evolution from its settlement in the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. He combines his impressions of the sights, sounds, interactions, and distribution of space with broader dynamics, including the histories of colonial and postcolonial town planning and the marks of transnationalism evident in Accra's salsa scene, gym culture, and commercial billboards. Quayson finds that the various planning systems that have shaped the city-and had their stratifying effects intensified by the IMF-mandated structural adjustment programs of the late 1980s-prepared the way for the early-1990s transformation of a largely residential neighborhood into a kinetic shopping district. With an intense commercialism overlying, or coexisting with, stark economic inequalities, Oxford Street is a microcosm of historical and urban processes that have made Accra the variegated and contradictory metropolis that it is today.

Sujets

• Histoire
• West Africa
• History of Africa
• Ghana

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 03 septembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822376293
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

OXFORD STREET, ACCRA

OXFORD STREET, ACCRA

City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism

Ato Quayson Dûé Uéŝ PéŝŝDurham and London

©  Dûé Uéŝ Péŝŝ A ŝ éŝéé Pé  é Ué Sàéŝ ô Aéçà ô àçéé àé ∞ Déŝé  A Rû ûçàà éŝé  Qûààà  Wéŝçéŝé ôô Gôû

à ô Côéŝŝ Cààô Pûçàô Dàà Qûàŝô, Aô. Oô Séé, Aççà : ç é à é éàéŝ ô àŝàôàŝ / Aô Qûàŝô. àéŝ ç ïçûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. isbn  çô : à. àé isbn  . : à. àé . Oô Séé Aççà, Gàà . Aççà Gàà—ŝô. ï. é. dt..aq  .—ç 

Côé à: ôàŝ Côçé / Aà

For Rosîna Ayeaer— moher, rader, soryeer (?–2006)

and Keshav, Kamau, and Kaîrav— or payîng wîh my head

CONTENTS

 PART I

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PART II

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preface 

introduction Uà éô à Péôàé Sééŝçàéŝ 

Horîzona Archaeoogîes

Gà Aûŝô ôàô à é Qûéŝô ô : é Aôààŝ àô ô Aççà 

é Sàà : Côôà Aŝàô, Dŝàŝé Mààéé, à àUŝé Dŝûô  Eà ééCéû Aççà 

Osu bora no, sardîne chensîî soo:Dàéŝ, EûôAçàŝ, à é àŝçûûàô ô Oŝû 

Morphoogîes o Everyday Lîe

“é éàûû Oéŝ”: ôô Sôàŝ, Cé Pôé Aéŝ, à é àéûà Côûŝ 

“Eŝé ôçô, ôçô”: àŝàôàŝ à é Sà ô Aççàŝ Sàŝà Sçéé 

Pû ïô: G, é òòò, à é Cûûà Eçôô ô éé é 

é ééé C: éà Rééŝéàôŝ ô Aççà 

conclusion O Uà éé é: Và, Eŝàô, à Ré ôôààŝ 

appendix ôô ïŝçôŝ 

notes 

references 

index 

 Côéŝ

PREFACE

ï àŝ à çàŝûà çôéŝàô  Jééà   à àé  ô ŝ ôô. Wé é àŝ ééàéŝ é à ôà ŝéçôà ŝçôô ŝôé ŝ éŝ ôûŝé Aççà, é à çàŝŝ àôé é à é çôû  àŝ à éô à çôIà. éà Gàà Iŝ ô ô à ŝû àôà à é ô ô àŝ ô ààé ôû éŝ. é é é àŝ à ŝ ŝ à à éàé à àTé ôŝ ôû à çôûçàô é ôû é ôû éŝ ŝ  ŝà  éàç ôé à é à éé éà  é é. Jééà àŝ àŝô éŝŝé  à  àçéç ŝéŝé ô ûô, é û ô ç çôû é éçé à à ŝûéç, çû ŝé. O ŝ ôççàŝô ï àŝ  Aççà ô à é ééŝ ŝ à, àŝ ûŝûà, à ôé ô ŝ ôûŝé à é Rà Eŝàéŝ ô à ô Oô Séé ô àé ûç à ô ŝôô é ééé, ôé ô ôû àôé àŝéŝ. ï éT ŝ àçé  é é ô é àTé ôô ô çéç  éà à à çéçàé ô Oô Séé. A à é çé çàéŝ éé ô é é  ôûé, à  àŝ ô ûûŝûà ô é ô àŝô ôûé û àŝ çôûçàô çééŝ ô “çô” çééŝ ô ŝô,  é éûŝé àà ô ééôéŝ, à àçéŝ, à ôôçôéŝ  àô ô é ŝàà ŝé ô çôûéŝ. ŝ àçûà çéçàé àŝ Féé à çûàé à ôé éé éôŝ  ŝé é çéŝ çôFéé é é ŝà à é çôûéŝ. ï Iŝé  ûŝéŝŝ à ûç à àTéôô, ç à çôŝé çéà  ô à é ô ŝôé éŝŝ éŝ ŝàéŝ ô  ŝûéŝ à à çôûé ô çôéàûéŝ  é U. Sé ôû ô é çàÉ, ï ôô à éé éà, à à é éé ŝéŝ ô à Aççà àTéôô à éçàé ô ŝé ôû: ŝ ŝ ôààô. ï ûŝé àç ô Jééàŝ àçé  éçéé ô ŝàé  ŝ. ŝ éŝôŝé àŝ ŝôàéôûŝ à çààçéŝçà : “Aô, ôû ôé ŝ à ôû ŝ àé Oô Séé ô à ŝéé Romeo and Juîe.” é éé éàé à é éà  à éà à ï éé àŝé. Wé ûŝ àûé à ŝ ûŝûà û