A la recherche des frontières dans la ville post-apartheid. Le cas de Windhoek, capitale de la Namibie

This article is about the dynamic of intra-urban boundaries in Windhoek, capital city of Namibia. Designed in order to control non-white populations, the boundaries laid down by the apartheid regime have participated in the division of the society and the différenciation of spaces. With the advent of a democratic regime, the question concerning the future of the inherited boundaries arises. Between obliteration and reproduction, they appear like mutant objects, fruits of a political and social construction. But, if both powers and city dwellers seek to go beyond some obsolete boundaries, they also seem to fell the need to erect new ones.