LEADER 03029oam 22004454a 450 001 9910346038703321 005 20210915044939.0 010 $a1-928331-79-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000008152545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5762887 035 $a(OCoLC)1120219128 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse75691 035 $a(PPN)23668177X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008152545 100 $a20190816e20192019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfrican Markets and the Utu-Ubuntu Business Model$eA Perspective on Economic Informality in Nairobi /$fMary Njeri Kinyanjui 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2019 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (187 pages) 311 $a1-928331-78-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 176-184). 327 $aTraders and artisans in global economic thinking -- Urban planning and economic informality in Nairobi -- Urban theory and the 'African metropolis' -- The indigenisation of Nairobi -- The 'African metropolis' in Nairobi -- The utu-ubuntu business model -- Utu-ubuntu nests, bonds and associations -- Towards the formation of autonomous communities -- Cultural villages. 330 $aThe persistence of indigenous African markets in the context of a hostile or neglectful business and policy environment makes them worthy of analysis. An investigation of Afrocentric business ethics is long overdue. Attempting to understand the actions and efforts of informal traders and artisans from their own points of view, and analysing how they organise and get by, allows for viable approaches to be identified to integrate them into global urban models and cultures. Using the utu-ubuntu model to understand the activities of traders and artisans in Nairobi's markets, this book explores how, despite being consistently excluded and disadvantaged, they shape urban spaces in and around the city, and contribute to its development as a whole. With immense resilience, and without discarding their own socio-cultural or economic values, informal traders and artisans have created a territorial complex that can be described as the African metropolis. African Markets and the Utu-buntu Business Model sheds light on the ethics and values that underpin the work of traders and artisans in Nairobi, as well as their resilience and positive impact on urbanisation. This book makes an important contribution to the discourse on urban economics and planning in African cities. 606 $aInformal sector (Economics)$zKenya$zNairobi 607 $aKenya$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 676 $a338.642096762 700 $aKinyanjui$b Mary Njeri$0719546 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346038703321 996 $aAfrican Markets and the Utu-Ubuntu Business Model$92435842 997 $aUNINA