This article draws on in-depth fieldwork in Lagos, Nigeria, to explain the changing role of
motor-park touts (agberos) in urban transport. Situating the emergence of agberos within the …

This paper focuses on the disconnect between, on the one hand, the neoliberal aspirations
to make Lagos a model megacity for the twenty-first century and, on the other hand, the …

This article traces the historical relationship between Nairobi's city authorities and its
informal transport providers, the infamous matatu operators. These conflicts were …

T This study tries to answer a number of questions on the management of motor parks. What
does the Nigerian law say about their management? What roles are expected of local go …

The chapter presents a comparative history of two African cities notorious for the way their
informal transport systems are regulated by different actors. It looks at how small private …

The chapter focuses on how politics and power configure and destabilize informal public
transport in the city of Harare, Zimbabwe. In particular, I argue that informal public transport …

This paper investigates the politics of public transportation in Nairobi by looking at the
matatu sector. Focusing on the illegal Mungiki movement's control of matatu routes, the …

This article attempts to bridge two literatures—the African history of urban life and the
colonial history of urban planning—in order to better understand the politics of African …

This article examines traders' resistance practices in Kumasi, Ghana and their significance
for changing urban governance in Africa. Conceptually, we introduce “activism” as a new …

This chapter discusses the urban reform is a follow-up to an earlier piece of primary
research carried out by Mazingira Institute in Nairobi. Nairobi is in many ways an archetype …