Book Series
Chimurenga publishes monographs, series and literature by independent researchers and writers from around the world.
Our series include Chimurenganyana, a literature project consisting of serialized monographs. It consists of factions, essays, scores, interviews, liner notes, musical analysis, travel writing, personal impressions, political and social commentary. Plus innovative artwork that illuminates the subversive beauty, electrifying creativity and marvelous diversity of provocative innovators.
The Chimurenga Library Series is a publication series which catalogues long-research projects of Chimurenga.
Cityscapes 5: Design Will Not Save The City (Africa Centre for Cities, April 2014)
Cities occupy and mark space in very real and physical terms. There is nothing ephemeral about any city, whatever its size, nor is there anything abstract about the consequences that flow from a poor design decision. While important in debating the outcome of urban interventions, qualitative assessments like “good” and “bad” are not the central focus of the fifth edition of Cityscapes.
