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Anti-Teleology: Re-Mapping the Imag(in)ed City
By Dominique Malaquais
African Cities Reader III: Land, Property & Value
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
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
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 on 29 July 2020 in African Cities Reader, Arts & Pedagogy, Faith & Ideology, Healing & bodies
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 on 29 January 2020 in African Cities Reader, Arts & Pedagogy, Books & Oration, Cash & Commerce, Media & Propaganda, Systems of Governance
Vyjayanthi Rao, in conversation with Filip de Boeck & Abdou Maliq Simone […]
Quel Est L’Endroit Idéal
By Chimurenga on 28 January 2020 in African Cities Reader, Arts & Pedagogy, Cash & Commerce, Healing & bodies
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 on 5 April 2017 in African Cities Reader, Arts & Pedagogy, Healing & bodies, Systems of Governance
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 on 4 June 2015 in African Cities Reader, Cash & Commerce, Media & Propaganda, Systems of Governance
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.