Most people living in cities in Africa live outside of the legal system, without clear rights to the land they occupy. These pieces of land make up the so-called slums which surround and permeate most growing cities, and which are home to between half and three quarters of African urban residents.
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Napier, M. 2013. Land and markets in African cities: Time for a new lens? In: Trading Places: Accessing Land in African Cities. African Minds Publishing, Somerset West, South Africa, pp 1-20
Napier, M. (2013). Land and markets in African cities: Time for a new lens?., Workflow;11764 African Minds. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7049
Napier, Mark. "Land and markets in African cities: Time for a new lens?" In WORKFLOW;11764, n.p.: African Minds. 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7049.
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