[Review of] Oiling the urban economy: Land, labor, capital, and the state in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

Franklin Obeng-Odoom's Oiling the Urban Economy is essentially an account of Sekondi-Takoradi, a city that has recently entered the spotlight with the discovery of commercial oil in Ghana. The book makes a compelling case for interrogating the synergies linking the extraction and utilisation of resources with the trajectories of urbanisation, which are often treated as distinct processes by the mainstream literature. The author's status as an “outsider within” and his impressive record of publication mean he is well equipped to accomplish this task.