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EUROCENTRISM AND AFRICAN URBANIZATION: THE CASE OF ZANZIBAR'S OTHER SIDE
Author(s) -
Myers Garth Andrew
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
antipode
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.177
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1467-8330
pISSN - 0066-4812
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8330.1994.tb00248.x
Subject(s) - eurocentrism , argument (complex analysis) , sociology , urbanization , human geography , gender studies , urban theory , geography , social science , anthropology , economic growth , engineering , economics , civil engineering , biochemistry , chemistry
A number of geographers have recently championed the struggle against Eurocentric theoretical categorizations in geographical research on African cities. At the same time, many whose work has concentrated on African urban geography have felt left out in the more abstract theoretical debates of their colleagues based in the West. I argue for the possibility of confronting Western bias and contributing to broader theoretical debates by creating theoretical constructs derived from the African experience. I develop my argument through an analysis of urban development in Ng'ambo, the African “Other Side” of Zanzibar city, and work toward the creation of meso‐level conceptual guides for understanding Ng'ambo's development derived from the ideas of Ng'ambo residents themselves.