Some reflections on making popular culture in urban Africa

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Title:	Some reflections on making popular culture in urban Africa
Author:	Simone, AbdouMaliq
Year:	2008
Periodical:	African Studies Review
Volume:	51
Issue:	3
Pages:	75-89
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Cameroon
Subjects:	urban life youth popular culture
External link:	http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/african_studies_review/v051/51.3.simone.pdf
Abstract:	In contemporary urban Africa, the turbulence of the city requires incessant innovation that is capable of generating new ways of being. Rather than treating popular culture as some distinctive sector, this article investigates the popular as methods of bringing together activities and actors that on the surface would not seem compatible, and as experimental forms of generating value in the everyday life of urban residents. This investigation, sited largely in Douala, Cameroon, looks at how youth from varying neighbourhoods attempt to get by, and at the unexpected forms of contestation that can ensue. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]