Reinventing Order in the Congo: How People Respond to State Failure in KinshasaTheodore Trefon Kinshasa is sub-Saharan Africa's second largest city. The seven million Congolese who live there have a rich reputation for the courageous and innovative ways in which they survive in a harsh urban environment. They have created new social institutions, practices, networks and ways of living to deal with the collapse of public provision and a malfunctioning political system. |
Contents
The Kinshasa Bargain | 20 |
Water Distribution and Supply | 33 |
Coping with Adversity | 47 |
New Approaches | 65 |
University of Kinshasa | 82 |
When Kinois Take to the Streets | 137 |
Children the Occult | 155 |
Rumours about Fame | 174 |
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Chapter Abstracts in French | 205 |
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