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New City, New Citizens?: A Lefebvrian Exploration of State-Led Housing and Political Identities in Luanda, Angola

hal.structure.identifierLes Afriques dans le monde [LAM]
dc.contributor.authorBUIRE, Chloé
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1726-1368
dc.description.abstractEnSince its inauguration in 2011, the New City of Kilamba has become one of the most emblematic examples of the Chinese-funded spectacle of reconstruction in postwar Angola. Its tabula rasa urban paradigm has been widely criticised by housing experts in and out of Angola but little is known of its reception by the general population in Luanda. This article retraces the incremental appropriation of Kilamba City by its residents in order to question how the occupation of a new city shapes the relationship between ordinary city-dwellers and the state. Based on direct observation in Luanda and media monitoring since 2011, the article unveils a multi-faceted reality where residents express at the same time pride and preoccupation, satisfaction and uncertainty. It uses Henri Lefebvre's notion of 'production of space' to suggest that the conundrums of the new city could contribute to the emergence of a democratic moment in Angola.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMichigan State University Press
dc.title.enNew City, New Citizens?: A Lefebvrian Exploration of State-Led Housing and Political Identities in Luanda, Angola
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/trn.2017.0001
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Géographie
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique
bordeaux.journalTransformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
bordeaux.page13 - 40
bordeaux.volume93
bordeaux.issue1
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-01790467
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01790467v1
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