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Access to Urban Land and the Claim to the City in Africa: Constructing Urban Citizenship in Lusaka’s Unplanned Settlements

by Horman Chitonge Abstract The rapidly growing urban population in most African cities has highlighted the issue of access to urban land, particularly for housing. Access to urban land is ultimately embedded in the political question of who has a legitimate claim to the city.  This article focuses on access to urban land and how […]

Changing Youth Dynamics in Lusaka’s Information Economy in the Context of Economic Liberation

by Karen Tranberg Hansen Abstract The paper examines the consequences of changes in economic regime on the self-employed in Lusaka and attendant political dynamics. The focus is on urban vendors, particularly youth. The paper discusses how economic restructuring involves new regimes of spatial regulation and new strategies of urban management that have resulted in intensified political […]