"This is a very timely project and an excellent way to bring out the larger contribution of Claudia Roth to Africanist anthropology. Roth's work is of very high quality and extremely original, especially regarding her focus on intergenerational relations, gender dynamics within the household, matters of love and marriage, and the problems of urban life with little income or job security." * Mahir Saul, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Claudia Roth (1955-2012) taught and conducted anthropological research at the Universities of Zurich, Bern, and Lucerne. She served on the board of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) and was a member of the International Mande Studies Association (MANSA). Urban Dreams is the first collection of her work to appear in English.Willemijn de Jong is Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich.Manfred Perlik is Professor the Universities of Bern (Centre for Development and Environment) and Grenoble-Alpes (UMR Pacte).Noemi Steuer is a researcher at the Center for African Studies, University of Basel.Heinzpeter Znoj is Professor at the Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Bern.