extracts from an open source book for urban planners
Karen Press
This story, and others, features in African Cities Reader I: Pan-African Practices (March 2010). The African Cities Reader series brings together contributors from across Africa and the world to challenge the prevailing depiction of urban life on the continent and redefine cityness, Africa-style. It is a joint creation of Chimurenga Magazine and the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town.
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For more on urban planning visit the latest supplement to Chimurenga Chronic: Brandfort Liberation Capital [1977-86] – The Urban Map, a geographical layout of various networks operating in Brandforts location, Majwemasweu, during this period.
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