Incorporating indigenous knowledge into African urban planning: A case study with Chinese connections
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Hong Kong Papers in Design and Development, v.1, 1998, pp. 47-55
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Zanzibar's historic Ng'ambo areas have numerous unique design features that have been generally disregarded by planners. The 1982 Master Plan of Zanzibar, produced by planners from the People's Republic of China, was the first to show respect to Ng'ambo's traditional urban form. Zanzibari planners have struggled to implement 1982's upgrading schemes, as they attempt to indigenize many design features of them. This paper is a case study of the upgrading scheme for Kikwajuni neighborhood, one of Ng'ambo's oldest wards, based on fieldwork, interviews and documentary research. I focus on local, "unprofessional" planning knowledge and the struggle to find workable solutions to Kikwajuni's upgrading from this indigenous base. I contend that the current period of political change has made this struggle rather futile.
(1) Introduction
(2) A Chinese connection in a time of confusion
(3) Power, faith and custom in Kikwajuni historically
(4) Kikwajuni now
(5) The 1982 upgrading scheme
(6) Conclusion
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1998
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en