Onyanta Adama
Biographic Data
| ID | 4099004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Onyanta Adama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Onyanta |
| FAMILY NAME | Adama |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3411-4826 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Geographies and entanglements of governance: Making marketplaces governable during pandemic times in Lagos, Nigeria
This article examines how diverse and entangled governance configurations shaped local pandemic responses in marketplaces in Lagos, Nigeria, drawing upon conceptualisations of hybrid governance, twilight institutions and governmentality. Faced with many challenges, local governments delegated the implementation and monitoring of pandemic regulations to marketplace associations and traditional leaders, whose mandate and authority expanded in sever…
Garbage Politics: The Global Infrastructure Turn, Local Politics and Public-Private Partnership in Lagos, Nigeria
The article provides insights into how a Private Sector Partnership ( PSP ) between government and local firms in Lagos, Nigeria, became enmeshed in local politics. Drawing largely on primary data, it reports that aided by a discourse which positioned the PSP as the embodiment of local interests, the partnership was deployed by politicians to generate political capital. Furthermore, Mega Infrastructure Projects ( MIP s) paved the way for the gove…
Criminalizing Informal Workers: The Case of Street Vendors in Abuja, Nigeria
The article examines the criminalization of street vendors in Abuja, Nigeria. It draws on the debate on informality, legality and rights, to highlight the tensions surrounding the law as a mode of regulation. As documented, ideology provides the rationale for the criminalization of street vending. The activity is deemed inimical to the modernist ideals of a clean and functioning city. Enforcement of the law is accompanied by the harassment of ven…
Abuja is not for the poor: Street vending and the politics of public space
The article examines how street vendors in Abuja, Nigeria are experiencing and responding to the attempts to restrict their access to public space. Modernist planning and the increasing trend in the privatization of public space is limiting the amount and types of public spaces available to street vendors. Drawing largely on primary research, the article reports that street vendors are responding by adopting a range of spatial, relational and tem…
Urban imaginaries: Funding mega infrastructure projects in Lagos, Nigeria
In today’s globalized world, mega infrastructure projects have emerged as one of the most popular strategies for attracting private capital and repositioning cities on the competitive landscape. The Lagos Megacity Project (LMCP) was launched to address a longstanding infrastructure crisis and to reinvent Lagos as a modern megacity. Using the LMCP as a case study, the paper examined the challenges facing the funding of mega infrastructure projects…
Ingrained Inequalities? Deconstructing Gendered Spaces in the Informal Waste Economy of Nigerian Cities
Marginalisation and integration within the informal urban economy: The case of child waste pickers in Kaduna, Nigeria
This article examines how age shapes the positions and choices of child waste pickers in Kaduna, Nigeria. There is a special interest in the Almajirai, or young male pupils of the Islamic education system. Drawing on empirical data, the article reports that child waste pickers have limited access to the most valuable recyclables, largely because they are excluded from the spaces where such materials are found. Their access is further reduced by l…
Urban Livelihoods and Social Networks: Emerging Relations in Informal Recycling in Kaduna, Nigeria
Abuja is not for the poor: Street vending and the politics of public space
The article examines how street vendors in Abuja, Nigeria are experiencing and responding to the attempts to restrict their access to public space. Modernist planning and the increasing trend in the privatization of public space is limiting the amount and types of public spaces available to street vendors. Drawing largely on primary research, the article reports that street vendors are responding by adopting a range of spatial, relational and tem…
Urban imaginaries: Funding mega infrastructure projects in Lagos, Nigeria
In today’s globalized world, mega infrastructure projects have emerged as one of the most popular strategies for attracting private capital and repositioning cities on the competitive landscape. The Lagos Megacity Project (LMCP) was launched to address a longstanding infrastructure crisis and to reinvent Lagos as a modern megacity. Using the LMCP as a case study, the paper examined the challenges facing the funding of mega infrastructure projects…
Criminalizing Informal Workers: The Case of Street Vendors in Abuja, Nigeria
The article examines the criminalization of street vendors in Abuja, Nigeria. It draws on the debate on informality, legality and rights, to highlight the tensions surrounding the law as a mode of regulation. As documented, ideology provides the rationale for the criminalization of street vending. The activity is deemed inimical to the modernist ideals of a clean and functioning city. Enforcement of the law is accompanied by the harassment of ven…
Marginalisation and integration within the informal urban economy: The case of child waste pickers in Kaduna, Nigeria
This article examines how age shapes the positions and choices of child waste pickers in Kaduna, Nigeria. There is a special interest in the Almajirai, or young male pupils of the Islamic education system. Drawing on empirical data, the article reports that child waste pickers have limited access to the most valuable recyclables, largely because they are excluded from the spaces where such materials are found. Their access is further reduced by l…
Geographies and entanglements of governance: Making marketplaces governable during pandemic times in Lagos, Nigeria
This article examines how diverse and entangled governance configurations shaped local pandemic responses in marketplaces in Lagos, Nigeria, drawing upon conceptualisations of hybrid governance, twilight institutions and governmentality. Faced with many challenges, local governments delegated the implementation and monitoring of pandemic regulations to marketplace associations and traditional leaders, whose mandate and authority expanded in sever…
Urban Livelihoods and Social Networks: Emerging Relations in Informal Recycling in Kaduna, Nigeria
Marginalisation and integration within the informal urban economy: The case of child waste pickers in Kaduna, Nigeria
This article examines how age shapes the positions and choices of child waste pickers in Kaduna, Nigeria. There is a special interest in the Almajirai, or young male pupils of the Islamic education system. Drawing on empirical data, the article reports that child waste pickers have limited access to the most valuable recyclables, largely because they are excluded from the spaces where such materials are found. Their access is further reduced by l…
Ingrained Inequalities? Deconstructing Gendered Spaces in the Informal Waste Economy of Nigerian Cities
Urban imaginaries: Funding mega infrastructure projects in Lagos, Nigeria
In today’s globalized world, mega infrastructure projects have emerged as one of the most popular strategies for attracting private capital and repositioning cities on the competitive landscape. The Lagos Megacity Project (LMCP) was launched to address a longstanding infrastructure crisis and to reinvent Lagos as a modern megacity. Using the LMCP as a case study, the paper examined the challenges facing the funding of mega infrastructure projects…
Abuja is not for the poor: Street vending and the politics of public space
The article examines how street vendors in Abuja, Nigeria are experiencing and responding to the attempts to restrict their access to public space. Modernist planning and the increasing trend in the privatization of public space is limiting the amount and types of public spaces available to street vendors. Drawing largely on primary research, the article reports that street vendors are responding by adopting a range of spatial, relational and tem…
Criminalizing Informal Workers: The Case of Street Vendors in Abuja, Nigeria
The article examines the criminalization of street vendors in Abuja, Nigeria. It draws on the debate on informality, legality and rights, to highlight the tensions surrounding the law as a mode of regulation. As documented, ideology provides the rationale for the criminalization of street vending. The activity is deemed inimical to the modernist ideals of a clean and functioning city. Enforcement of the law is accompanied by the harassment of ven…
Garbage Politics: The Global Infrastructure Turn, Local Politics and Public-Private Partnership in Lagos, Nigeria
The article provides insights into how a Private Sector Partnership ( PSP ) between government and local firms in Lagos, Nigeria, became enmeshed in local politics. Drawing largely on primary data, it reports that aided by a discourse which positioned the PSP as the embodiment of local interests, the partnership was deployed by politicians to generate political capital. Furthermore, Mega Infrastructure Projects ( MIP s) paved the way for the gove…
Geographies and entanglements of governance: Making marketplaces governable during pandemic times in Lagos, Nigeria
This article examines how diverse and entangled governance configurations shaped local pandemic responses in marketplaces in Lagos, Nigeria, drawing upon conceptualisations of hybrid governance, twilight institutions and governmentality. Faced with many challenges, local governments delegated the implementation and monitoring of pandemic regulations to marketplace associations and traditional leaders, whose mandate and authority expanded in sever…
Urban and Rural Development Challenges (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (4 works) · Corporate governance (3 works)