Examines the social, political and administrative repercussions of rapid urbanisation in colonial Dar es Salaam, and the evolution of an official policy which viewed urbanisation as inextricably linked with social disorder. This is an original contribution to Tanzanian, and more broadly, African social history; to the scholarship on the colonial state; and to historiography on crime and urbanisation.
ANDREW BURTON was assistant director of The British Institute in Eastern Africa
Published in association with The British Institute in Eastern Africa
North America: OhioU Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP
Reviews
Makes an important contribution to the historiography of urban Africa. ...A masterful survey of Dar es Salaam's underworld. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEWAfrican Underclass examines the social, political, and administrative repercussions of rapid urbanization in colonial Dar es Salaam, and the evolution of official policy that viewed urbanization as inextricably linked with social disorder. This policy marginalized numbers of young Africans entering the town - and thus, paradoxically, the policy itself subverted the colonial order. Well researched and sharply written - one of the best and most stimulating accounts of urbanization in Eastern Africa to have been produced in recent years. John McCracken, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Stirling
A welcome contribution to a growing body of work. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW
