We promote and disseminate quality publications by African scholars on urban topics in general, but rooted in our programmes.
How did Koni Benson turn her PhD thesis on an untold chapter of local history into something accessible to the public? She collaborated with writer/illustrator duo the Trantraal Brothers to create a six-part comic book series. Crossroads: I Live Where I Like is the latest edition to the series.
CityScapes is a 144 page biannual print publication. It is neither an academic journal nor a literary periodical. The magazine is a hybrid of forms, simultaneously invested in scholarly discourse around contemporary urbanism in Africa and the global south, as much as individual everyday experiences and activities of the multitude of actors that are actively involved in shaping cities across the continent and the rest of the developing world.
The Flooding in Cape Town under Climate Risk (FliCCR) Project book explores the challenges and opportunities of collaborative governance as a way to get a broader group of stakeholders involved in flooding responses.
Vanessa Watson and Nancy Odendaal consider the challenge of changing planning education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nancy Odendaal (2012) delves into the history of the Association of African Planning Schools and discusses the pedagogical dimensions of the project
By Nancy Odendaal (2012), the paper analyses what it takes if urban planning is to be relevant and effective in the face of current and future urbanisation challenges on the African continent.
Using collective efficacy as a lens, Dr Mercy Brown-Luthango tries to understand high levels of violence and crime within Freedom Park, and urban settlement in Cape Town.
The African Cities Reader is a creation of Chimurenga Magazine and the African Centre for Cities, edited by Ntone Edjabe and Edgar Pieterse.
