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Article: Landlords and Lodgers: Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community.(Book review)
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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PELLOW, DEBORAH. Landlords and lodgers: socio-spatial organization in an Accra community. xviii, 261 pp., maps, figs, tables, illus., bibliogr. London, Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2002. [pounds sterling]50.99 (cloth)
'There is ... something about this particular space that has transformed it into a place of great significance to those who choose to live there, despite its material deterioration'. Deborah Pellow sets out to identify and describe this 'something' for a migrant community, a so-called zongo, in the capital of Ghana, Accra. With Pellow's eye for detail and deep knowledge of Sabon Zongo, she attempts to walk the fine line between particularism and more ...
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