Anti-Teleology: Re-Mapping the Imag(in)ed City
By Chimurenga / October 20, 2021
By Dominique Malaquais
African Cities Reader III: Land, Property & Value
By Chimurenga / September 3, 2020
The third installment of the Reader explores the unholy trinity of land, property and value – the life force of cities everywhere. In this issue António Andrade Tomás reveals the vice and violence that permeate the act of securing land and home in Luanda;
African Cities Reader II: Mobilities & Fixtures
By Chimurenga / September 3, 2020
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;
African Cities Reader I: Pan-African Practices
By Chimurenga / September 3, 2020
In the launch issue Rustum Kozain muses over the cultural and alternative relations built, negotiations and dealings made as a resident of Cape Town (South Africa); Jean-Christophe Lanquetin’s SAPE Project is captured in a pictorial narrative;
TRACKS
By Chimurenga / July 29, 2020
MADEYOULOOK collective met with photographer Santu Mofokeng to establish the point of crossroads, where things are in motion and where things remain still
Urbanism Beyond Architecture – African Cities as Infrastructure
By Chimurenga / January 29, 2020
Vyjayanthi Rao, in conversation with Filip de Boeck & Abdou Maliq Simone […]
Quel Est L’Endroit Idéal
By Chimurenga / January 28, 2020
Les Brasseries du Cameroun is the country’s largest industry and dedicated to guaranteeing a steady flow of liquid amber to the vast proliferation of bars, restaurants, nightclubs and other unidentified nightspots – some still in Maquis-style hiding – that have mushroomed all over the city.
Dagga
By Chimurenga / April 5, 2017
Rustum Kozain muses over the cultural and alternative relations built, negotiations and dealings made as a resident of Cape Town.
CHIMURENGA@20: RELUCTANTLY LOUD
By Chimurenga / June 4, 2015
Cape Town is a city with a waiting list of more than 450,000 families for low-cost housing, but delivering about 11,000 units a year and criminalising those who attempt to put up their own structures.