Introduction / Kefa M. Otiso
Part I: The politics of space and patterns of segregation and marginalization
Understanding the Zongo: processes of scoio-spatial marginalization in Ghana / Emily Anne Williamson
Analytical views on past and present official and cultural narratives of Asmara / Mussa Idris
"Urban man in Jos": growth, transiting power and authority in a conflict prone city / Henry Gyang Mang
The rise, fall, and reemergence of Ponte City / Gregory Marinic
Urban renewal schemes and the plight of internally displaced persons in Nigeria: a study of Oke Ilu-Eri / Bamidele Omotunde Alabi
Issues and challenges in the urban renewal programme of Lagos State / Adedotun Moses Atilade
Part II: Everyday claims to space and rights
Informal citizens? Residents' perceptions of space and place in a South African informal settlement / Melissa Kelly
Human spaces and urban livelihoods: language use in Makoko slum settlement / Mojisola Shodipe
The unheralded politics of urban spaces in Nigeria: case of city prostitution and precarious livelihood / Obinna Innocent Ihunna
Conflicts and urban dwellers in Jos: issues in rights to city / Larab Tangshak Ayuba and David Nyam Ajiji
Modernizing Makadara Gardens: development and the struggle for urban space in Kenya / Caleb Edwin Owen.