Abstract: The inner city of Johannesburg is about as far away as one can get from the\ud popular image of the African village. Though one of Africa’s most urbanized\ud settings, it is also seen as a place of ruins—of ruined urbanization, the ruining of\ud Africa by urbanization. But in these ruins, something else besides decay might be\ud happening. This essay explores the possibility that these ruins not only mask but\ud also constitute a highly urbanized social infrastructure. This infrastructure is\ud capable of facilitating the intersection of so...
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