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African Cities: Alternative Visions of Urban Theory and Practice book by Garth Myers
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About Garth Myers
Garth Andrew Myers is Director of the Kansas African Studies Centre and Professor in the Departments of Geography and African/African-American Studies at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa (Syracuse, 2003) and Disposable Cities: Garbage, Governance and Sustainable Development in Urban Africa (Ashgate, 2005), and the co-editor (with Martin Murray) of Cities in Contemporary Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). He has published or co-authored more than 40 articles and book chapters, with the vast majority on African urban development topics. His research emphasizes eastern and southern African cities, primarily.