Dar es Salaam. Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis

by James Brennan, Yus Burton

From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa?s most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has recently attracted the attention of a diverse, multi-disciplinary, range of scholars, making it currently one of the continent?s most studied urban centres. This collection from eleven scholars from

ISBN: 9789987081073

290 pages

Published: 2007-10-15

Publisher: African Books Collective

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