Urban Identities and Belonging: Young Men's Discourses about Pikine (Senegal)

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Title:	Urban Identities and Belonging: Young Men's Discourses about Pikine (Senegal)
Author:	Prothmann, Sebastian
Book title:	African Cities and the Development Conundrum
Year:	2018
Pages:	254-276
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	towns development youth Dakar (Senegal)
External link:	http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37967
Abstract:	Suburbs in many parts of the world fall victim to discriminating assessments from the outside. Pikine, an urban area within the Dakar region of Senegal, which was one of urban Africa's major government restructuring projects, is no exception. The frequently evoked and generalised narratives of urban lifeworlds often fail to describe the heterogeneous characteristics of neighbourhoods in precarious large agglomerations throughout the world. In particular, the youth in this urban quarter are important drivers of economic growth and means with which to combat poverty and strengthen social cohesion. This chapter, based on 11 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Pikine between 2011 and 2013, will illustrate how resourceful young men organise their lives.