1.
Kaarsholm, Preben; Frederiksen, Bodil Folke
Amaoti and Pumwani: Studying Urban Informality in South Africa and Kenya Journal Article
In: African Studies, vol. 79, iss. 1, pp. 51-73, 2019.
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Based on the authors’ parallel projects of research and fieldwork inurban informal settlements in Durban and Nairobi, the article usescomparison to bring out similarities and differences in thedynamics of informality in a South African and Kenyan setting. Thearticle examines three dimensions of informality – the informal economy, informal housing and informal politics – as they play intothe lives of youth, popular culture, moral debate, and local politicalcontestations. The two historical trajectories of settler colonial statebuilding and urban influx control and segregation in South Africaand Kenya are contrasted, together with the struggles that accompanied decolonisation and the transitions to democracy. The article discusses the ways in which informal entrepreneurship has different weight and possibilities in the South African and theKenyan case, and shows the impact of different expectations ofstate delivery in the two environments. In conclusion, the authorstry to assess comparatively whether developments in the two cases of urban informal settlement in Durban and Nairobi are converging,or whether they exhibit different patterns of urban integration.
2019
Kaarsholm, Preben; Frederiksen, Bodil Folke
Amaoti and Pumwani: Studying Urban Informality in South Africa and Kenya Journal Article
In: African Studies, vol. 79, iss. 1, pp. 51-73, 2019.
Abstract | Tags: africa, contemporary, informality, kenya, qualitative research, South Africa, urbanity
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Based on the authors’ parallel projects of research and fieldwork inurban informal settlements in Durban and Nairobi, the article usescomparison to bring out similarities and differences in thedynamics of informality in a South African and Kenyan setting. Thearticle examines three dimensions of informality – the informal economy, informal housing and informal politics – as they play intothe lives of youth, popular culture, moral debate, and local politicalcontestations. The two historical trajectories of settler colonial statebuilding and urban influx control and segregation in South Africaand Kenya are contrasted, together with the struggles that accompanied decolonisation and the transitions to democracy. The article discusses the ways in which informal entrepreneurship has different weight and possibilities in the South African and theKenyan case, and shows the impact of different expectations ofstate delivery in the two environments. In conclusion, the authorstry to assess comparatively whether developments in the two cases of urban informal settlement in Durban and Nairobi are converging,or whether they exhibit different patterns of urban integration.