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• Addis Ababa’s sefer, iddir, and gebbi Nuanced reading of complex urban forms

  Anteneh Tesfaye Tola

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  Presently, Africa is experiencing rapid urbanization. The history of urbanization indicates that the process transformed the European traditional agrarian ruralbased societies into modern urban-based industries, manufacturing and services.

  This dissertation problematizes the above two statements—the frequent overemphasis on population growth in connection to rapid urbanization in Africa, the framing of the eminent challenges as solely of economic concerns, and the usual...