Volume 30, Issue 1 p. 1-3
Guest Editorials

Poo wars as matter out of place: ‘Toilets for Africa’ in Cape Town (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

Steven Robins

Steven Robins

Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch.

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First published: 28 January 2014
Citations: 31

Abstract

In this editorial the author looks at poo protests in South Africa as political in various ways, comparing it to the Great Stink of London in the 19th century.