Towards delivery and dignity: community struggle from Kennedy Road

Towards delivery and dignity: community struggle from Kennedy Road

The rise and growth of the post-apartheid social movements, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) which in Zulu means the people who live in the shacks is traced. The article explores how the people of the Kennedy Road settlement from where the movement started as a protest against their local councilor strug...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Asian and African studies (Leiden) 2008-02, Vol.43 (1), p.41-61
1. Verfasser: Bryant, Jacob
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Company business management
Dwellings
Ethnography
Housing
Management
Slums
Social aspects
Social Inequality
Social Movements
South Africa
Zulu (African people)
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Zusammenfassung:The rise and growth of the post-apartheid social movements, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) which in Zulu means the people who live in the shacks is traced. The article explores how the people of the Kennedy Road settlement from where the movement started as a protest against their local councilor struggled to obtain housing, land and basic services as much as to achieve dignity and respect.
ISSN:0021-9096
DOI:10.1177/0021909607085585