FIGURE 22.1. Precolonial urbanization in Africa. Precolonial urbanization was widespread. It reflected a variety of
indigenous and external influences, specific to each of several regions of urban development.
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FIGURE 22.2. Schematic map of a typical precolonial city.
Precolonial cities served a variety of social, economic, and political functions.
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FIGURE 22.3. Schematic map of a typical colonial African city. The colonial city showed the influence of urban planning:
a grid pattern of streets and a spatial separation of urban functions and population subgroups.
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FIGURE 22.4. View over the old city of Kano, as seen from Dala Hill. Photo: Roy Maconachie.
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FIGURE 22.5. Kano, Nigeria. The urban landscapes of Kano reflect a thousand years of history and the effect of burgeoning
growth in recent years. After H. A. C. Main, “Housing problems and squatting solutions in metropolitan Kano.”
In R. B. Potter and A. T. Salan, eds. Cities and Development in the Third World. London: Mansell, 1990, pp. 12–31.
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FIGURE 22.6. Residence of the French colonial governor, Djibouti. This extravagant edifice seems out of place in such a
tiny colony—except when it is viewed (following Myers) as an example of the use of architecture as an assertion of
colonial surveillance and control.
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FIGURE 22.7a. Two cities that reflect their different colonial heritages. (a) The colonial-era central square, Dakar,
Senegal—still an important focal point in this city. Photo: © UN-HABITAT.
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FIGURE 22.7b. Two cities that reflect their different colonial heritages. (b) Keren, Eritrea. Two elements that show the
colonial origins of this small town are its layout, radiating from a central plaza, and the Italian influences visible in the
architecture of some buildings. Photo: Melvin Peters.
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FIGURE 22.8. Past and projected growth of selected cities. Many African cities had some reduction in the rate of
population growth during the 1990s, due in large part to the impacts of structural adjustment.
Data source: UN-HABITAT. The State of African Cities 2010. Nairobi: UN-HABITAT, 2010.
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FIGURE 22.9. Growth of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The city continues to expand outward as a result of the development of informal housing
along major transportation arteries leading out of the city. After UN-HABITAT. The State of African Cities 2010. Nairobi: UN-HABITAT, 2010, p.
156. (After M. Kimani. Investigating the Effects of Property Rights Formalisation on Property Market in Informal Settlements: The Case of Dar
es Salaam City, Tanzania. Unpublished MSc thesis, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, 2007).
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TABLE 23.1. Urban Agriculture in Three Kenyan Cities
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FIGURE 23.1a. Produce grown by urban dwellers on small parcels of land within the city accounts for a significant
proportion of urban food supplies. (a) Kampala, Uganda. Photo: author.
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FIGURE 23.1b. Produce grown by urban dwellers on small parcels of land within the city accounts for a significant
proportion of urban food supplies. (b) Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo: Roy Maconachie.
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TABLE 23.2. Attributes of Formal and Informal Economies
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FIGURE 23.2. Inside an aluminum smelter, Douala, Cameroon. Regions with an abundance of hydroelectric power have
some comparative advantage in producing aluminum for export. Photo: © CIDA (Roger LeMoyne).
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FIGURE 23.3a. The informal sector at work: Petty manufacturing.
(a) Making blocks for house construction, Kano, Nigeria. Photo: Roy Maconachie.
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FIGURE 23.3b. The informal sector at work: Petty manufacturing.
(b) Welder building window grates, Jigawa State, Nigeria. Photo: Roy Maconachie.
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FIGURE 23.4. “Roche Santeirs,” located near the harbor in Luanda, Angola, is reputed to be the largest market in Africa
south of the Sahara. Photo: © CIDA (Bruce Paton).
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FIGURE 23.5. Mobile phone ownership, 2009. Data source: World Bank. Africa Development Indicators, 2011.
Washington, DC: World Bank, 2011.
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FIGURE 24.1. Land use in Lusaka. The map differentiates between areas of high and low residential density, and identifies
areas of informal tenure. Source: G. Williams. The Peugeot Guide to Lusaka. Lusaka: Zambian Geographical Association,
1983. © 1983 by G. Williams. Reprinted by permission.
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FIGURE 24.2a. Social class and housing in various residential districts of Lusaka; house size and density are closely
correlated with the social class of residents. Locations of the photos are shown by letters in Figure 24.1. (a) Housing built
during the colonial era for African workers: Old Chilenje. Photo: G. Williams.
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FIGURE 24.2b. Social class and housing in various residential districts of Lusaka; house size and density are closely
correlated with the social class of residents. Locations of the photos are shown by letters in Figure 24.1.
(b) Postindependence squatter settlement, occupied mostly by lower-class residents: Kanyama. Photos: G. Williams.
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FIGURE 24.2c. Social class and housing in various residential districts of Lusaka; house size and density are closely correlated with
the social class of residents. Locations of the photos are shown by letters in Figure 24.1. (c) A newly developed site-and-service
scheme provides opportunities for lower-middle-class people to build houses that serve their own needs: Mutendere.
Photo: author.
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FIGURE 24.2d. Social class and housing in various residential districts of Lusaka; house size and density are closely correlated with
the social class of residents. Locations of the photos are shown by letters in Figure 24.1. (d) Hidden behind a wall and surrounded
by expansive gardens, the opulent home of either a wealthy Zambian or an expatriate: Ridgeway. Photo: author.
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TABLE 24.1. Urban Slum Populations in Selected Countries, 1990–2007
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FIGURE 24.3. Urban renewal project in Nairobi, Kenya. The apartment blocks in the foreground have been developed to
replace slum housing in the adjacent squatter settlement of Kibera. Photo: © UN-HABITAT (Julius Mwelu).
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FIGURE 24.4. Uncollected garbage in a residential area, Kano, Nigeria. Inadequate sanitation, often a characteristic of
poorer districts in Africa’s largest cities, is a health hazard and an aesthetic eyesore. Photo: Roy Maconachie.
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FIGURE 24.5a. The poor often have no choice but to live in homes built on marginal, disaster-prone sites.
(a) Slum housing in a flood-prone location, Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: © UN-HABITAT (William Ross).
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FIGURE 24.5b. The poor often have no choice but to live in homes built on marginal, disaster-prone sites.
(b) Houses perched precariously on a mountainside, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo: Roy Maconachie.
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FIGURE 24.6. Site of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Freetown faces significant development challenges as a result of where it was built.
The city forms a horseshoe on the narrow coastal plain of the Freetown Peninsula, situated between steep, landslide-prone
mountain slopes and the low-lying coast. Image: © Google Earth. (Image © 2011 GeoEye. Image © 2011 TerraMetrics.
Image © 2011 Digitalglobe. Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO.)
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