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dc.contributor.authorNjeri Kinyanjui, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-26 10:37:17
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:12:40Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:12:40Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier1005219
dc.identifierOCN: 1099686057en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24885
dc.description.abstractThe persistence of indigenous African markets in the context of a hostile or neglectful business and policy environment makes them worthy of analysis. An investigation of Afrocentric business ethics is long overdue. Attempting to understand the actions and efforts of informal traders and artisans from their own points of view, and analysing how they organise and get by, allows for viable approaches to be identified to integrate them into global urban models and cultures. Using the utu-ubuntu model to understand the activities of traders and artisans in Nairobi’s markets, this book explores how, despite being consistently excluded and disadvantaged, they shape urban spaces in and around the city, and contribute to its development as a whole. With immense resilience, and without discarding their own socio-cultural or economic values, informal traders and artisans have created a territorial complex that can be described as the African metropolis. African Markets and the Utu-buntu Business Model sheds light on the ethics and values that underpin the work of traders and artisans in Nairobi, as well as their resilience and positive impact on urbanisation. This book makes an important contribution to the discourse on urban economics and planning in African cities.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communitiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labouren_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPC Urban and municipal planning and policyen_US
dc.subject.otherutu-buntu
dc.subject.othermarkets
dc.subject.otherAfrica
dc.subject.otherurban planning
dc.subject.othercities
dc.titleAfrican Markets and the Utu-buntu Business Model
dc.title.alternativeA Perspective on Economic Informality in Nairobi
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.5281/zenodo.2628333
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy69707d01-8e78-4a41-abff-fccf8fb5f4a5
oapen.relation.isbn9781928331797; 9781928331803
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages200
oapen.place.publicationCape Town
oapen.identifier.ocn1099686057


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