"This book is ethnography at its best: Tatiana Thieme writes from years of deep relationships, twisting and turning ‘hustle’ to frame and reframe celebrations, criticisms, joy, frustration, hope, and possibilities associated with the term. Care-filled words and sketches vividly remind us of partiality and moral ambiguity yet affirm the value of thinking with Nairobians to make sense of ever-changing norms and practices of work and belonging."-Mary Lawhon, author of Making Urban Theory: Learning and Unlearning through Southern Cities"One of the biggest puzzles at the heart of emergent forms of urbanism in African cities pertains to the lifeworlds, practices, and dispositions of young people forced to grow up outside of the prospect of formal employment and social mobility but immersed in a digital era. Hustle Urbanism provides a compelling perspective on this fundamental question through vivid prose, astute yet unsentimental analysis, and a compassionate form of scholarship that one can only admire. A must-read for any curious urbanist and practitioner."-Edgar Pieterse, founding director, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
