Ulica afrykańskiego miasta jako przestrzeń życia na przykładzie Lomé, stolicy Togo

Jan Jacek Pawlik

doi:10.23858/JUE18.2020.004

Published: 2020-12-31

Vol. 18 (2020)

The street of an African city as a living space, as exemplified by Lomé, the capital of Togo

ks. prof. dr hab. Jacek Jan Pawlik SVD

Journal of Urban Ethnology

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE18.2020.004

Abstract

The article presents the functions and significance of a street in an African city, based on the example of Lomé, the capital of Togo. The author analyzes the material collected during many years of field research, arranging it in the following dimensions: community, identity, trade, citizenship, and accessibility. The street of an African city is located in between the private and the public space. To many residents, it is a living environment, where everyday life: work, provisioning, interaction and pleasure, is played out. It is a place of intensive social relations, which are expressed in the field of connections, economic exchange, communica-tion by the transmission of rumors, but also through solidarity and creativity in crisis situations. The street, as a living space for thousands of people and a source of livelihood, turns out to be indispensable for survival strategies, although it can also be “predatory”, because of the danger of violence and theft and because of the occult forces.

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African city, public space, street, proximity, identity, informal economy

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Pawlik, J. J. (2020). The street of an African city as a living space, as exemplified by Lomé, the capital of Togo. Journal of Urban Ethnology, 18, 71–85. https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE18.2020.004

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