Imonti modern
Subtitle: picturing the life & times of a South African location
By: Leslie J. Bank, Mxolisi K. Qebeyi ; edited by Mark Paterson
Contributors: Qebeyi, Mxolisi K., author; Paterson, Mark, 1961- editor
Publisher: BestRed
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781928246237
Subjects: Human territoriality; Urbanization; Xhosa (African people); Post-apartheid era; Social conditions
Other titles: Imonti modern :
Description: "Describes how a black urban world within a white city, a ghetto, became mobilised culturally, socially and politically to lay claim to the city as a whole, demanding full citizenship and equal rights for residents, before they were cast aside."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: East London's hidden history; title: From location life to forced removal; title: African nationalism and resistance; title: Locations & ghettos in comparative perspective; title: East Bank, West Bank : social life and cultural connections; title: The destructions of a community and the aftermath of land restitution.