The Undulating Capacity of the State: Autochthony and Infrastructure Development in African Cities

This Element weaves together literatures on autochthony and belonging and on African urbanism to shed new light on the ability of the African state to undertake development interventions in some of the important urban centers on the continent. It focuses on the Senegalese state's construction of the VDN 2 highway on the outskirts of Dakar.

• | Author: Ato Kwamena Onoma
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 04, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781009698399
• | ISBN-10: 1009698397