The second installment of the Reader is centered on the theme ‘Mobilities and Fixtures’. In this issue Sean O’Toole interviews architect David Adjaye about African cityscapes, snapshot photography and failed utopias; Victor Lavalle uncovers the making of mercenaries in Uganda; Martin Kimani follows the African visa-seeker in the tragi-comedy that is the post 9/11 airport; Sherif El-Azma explores Cairo by foot; MADEYOULOOK and Santu Mofokeng imagine the didactic possibilities of trains; Manu Herbstein documents the ‘car-doctors’ of Accra; Chris Abani discovers the African city of Las Vegas; and Michael Watts examines oil cities.
ISBN number: 978-0-9814273-4-8
Text: English
Editors: Ntone Edjabe and Edgar Pieterse
Publishing date: May 2011
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Contents
- Preface
- Anti-Teleology – Dominique Malaquais
- Airport Theatre, African Villain – Martin Kimani
- The Car Doctors of Maamobi – Manu Herbstein
- Pilgrimages – Intro
- Pilgrimages: Jambo – Victor LaValle
- Hargeisa Snapshots – Doreen Baingana
- Kin La Belle: In the Clear Light of Song and Silence – Yvonne Owuor
- Obstacles – Anna Kostreva
- Tracks – MADEYOULOOK/Santu Mofokeng
- ‘Here I Am Nobody’: Rethinking Urban Governance, Sovereignty and Power – Caroline Kihato
- Anti-Iconic: The Photography of David Adjaye – Sean O’ Toole in conversation with David Adjaye
- Las Vegas: The Last African City – Chris Abani
- Oil City: Petro-landscapes and Sustainable Futures – Michael Watts/Ed Kashi
- Beira Through The Looking Glass – Sean Christie
- Avalon in Two Monuments – Khulile Nxumalo
- Avalon – Nicole Turner
- The Psychogeography of Loose Associations – Sherif El-Azma
- Tailor – Jonny Steinberg
- Adrift and Exposed – Iain Chambers/Isaac Julien
- Mining Sounds – Emeka Ogboh
- Every Day is for The Thief: An Excerpt – Teju Cole
- Harare North: An Excerpt – Brian Chikwava
- Towards a Politics of Mobility – Tim Cresswell
- Straight, No Chaser – Nick Mwaluko
- Ground/Overground/Underground – Mowoso
- Yeoville Studio: Negotiating the Line Between Research and Activism – Claire Benit-Gbaffou
- Spinning Translocal – Jenny Mbaye
- Contributors
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