African Cities Reader 2: Mobilities & Fixtures
<p>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.</p>
Editors: Ntone Edjabe, Edgar Pieterse
DTP: Natasha Johnson
Editorial Assistant: Jennifer Bryant
Copy Editing: Andrea Meeson
Cover Images: Manu Herbstein
Contributors: Dominique Malaquais, Martin Kimani, Manu Herbstein, Victor LaValle, Doreen Baingana, Yvonne Owuor, Anna Kostreva, Santu Mofokeng, MADEYOULOOK, Caroline Kihato, Sean O’Toole, David Adjaye, Chris Abani, Michael Watts, Ed Kashi, Sean Christie, Khulile Nxumalo, Nicole Turner, Sherif El-Azma, Jonny Steinberg, Iain Chambers, Isaac Julien, Emeka Ogboh, Teju Cole, Brian Chikwava, Tim Cresswell, Nick Mwaluko, Mowoso, Claire Benit-Gbaffou, Jenny Mbaye
Chimurenga Magazine, African Centre for Cities
ISBN: 9780981427348