Africa
Active Projects
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Platform
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Nourishing Spaces
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African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference
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HICCUP: Heterogenous Infrastructure of Cities of Uganda Project: Thinking With the South
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Africa Peer Learning, Knowledge and Dissemination Programme
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Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban Ark)
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Governance dynamics of “turn-around” cities (Lagos, Luanda & Johannesburg)
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UrbanAfrica.net
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African Cities Reader
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Cities Alliance Think Tank on Urbanisation in Africa
Archived Projects
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Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse October 12, 2016In Context
Africa is not a country!!! This 10 minute remix film acts as a teaser of some concepts and ideas for an upcoming film and exhibition project ACC/Cityscapes will undertake between 2017-19. In Context will explore the true nature and complexity of life in cities across the continent of Africa.
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Anton Cartwright January 22, 2016What is a smart African city like?
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Susan Parnell October 12, 2014Susan Parnell discusses ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’
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Edgar Pieterse August 15, 2014How can we transcend slum urbanism in Africa?
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April 11, 2014On Southern African Climate Adaptation
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Vanessa Watson February 12, 2014Who will plan Africa’s cities?
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October 7, 2013Conflict and State Fragility
Cities have long been connected with processes of bureaucratisation and state-building, as indeed they have long been linked to conflict and war. In bringing these two associations together we engaged with the historical sociology of Charles Tilly and research in the CAFS programme confirmed that the intersection of cities, states and violent conflict remains significant, […]
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Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse September 30, 2013Urbanisation and the Continent: The Big Picture
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September 30, 2013Space, Affect, Security: Reflections on ‘Outcharming’ Crime in the City
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September 30, 2013Entering the City
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September 30, 2013On the Geography and Architecture of Prisons and the South African Condition
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AbdouMaliq Simone September 30, 2013On the Complexity of Life in the African City
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Caroline Skinner, Gareth Haysom October 14, 2016Informal Food Retailers – Undervalued, Ignored and Abused?
A presentation by Gareth Haysom and Caroline Skinner. given at the Society of South African Geographers Conference in Stellenbosch, 27 September 2016. The presentation is entitled Informal Food Retailers – Undervalued, Ignored and Abused?
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Anton Cartwright November 13, 2015What does a ‘smart’ African city look like?
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Ian Palmer, Stephen Berrisford August 7, 2015African Urban Infrastructure Symposium
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July 25, 2013Imperatives for a holistic urban agenda
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Jane Battersby, Vanessa Watson November 1, 2018LAUNCH: Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks – Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap
HOW DO THE CITIES WE LIVE IN SHAPE WHAT WE EAT? This question is central to a new book, Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks: Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap, by Leonie Joubert with Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson published by the African Centre for Cities. (more…)
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Edgar Pieterse November 1, 2018Edgar Pieterse on ‘Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks’
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September 5, 2018Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda
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August 27, 2018Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities
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March 31, 2014The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South
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January 20, 2014Africa’s Urban Revolution edited by Susan Parnell and Edgar Pieterse
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August 2 @ 1:00 am - November 15 @ 4:30 pmUrban Humanities Seminar Series 2018
Academic Seminars (15:00 – 16:30) 7 August High Stakes, High Hopes: Creating Collaborative Urban Theory – Prof Sophie Oldfield 16 August Inclusive Cultural Governance: Integrating artistic and cultural practices into national urban frameworks – Avril Joffe with respondent Zayd Minty 30 August in search of thick mapping: listening to Cape Town’s cities – Dr Sabina Favaro 18 September Vital […]
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November 19 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmPublic Finance – the Life Blood of our Cities?
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Jane Battersby, Vanessa Watson November 9, 2018IN THE PRESS: Taking food security to a wider audience
With its engaging narrative style and striking images, Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks translates the fascinating findings of the CUP project into a digestible read accessible to an audience well beyond the borders of academia. One of the most challenging aspects of conducting academic studies is translating crucial findings for a wider audience. With the launch […]
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Jane Battersby, Vanessa Watson November 1, 2018LAUNCH: Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks – Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap
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Edgar Pieterse November 1, 2018
Edgar Pieterse on ‘Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks’
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Caroline Skinner, Gareth Haysom October 23, 2018In the press: Informal trade may hold the key to food security
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Anton Cartwright September 27, 2018Ghana Urbanisation Think Tank
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August 6, 2018Call for proposals: Supporting Intercultural Dialogue for Social Cohesion in Urban Africa
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Anton Cartwright, Edgar Pieterse, Ian Palmer, Anna Taylor, Susan Parnell October 23, 2018Working Paper: Developing Prosperous and Inclusive Cities in Africa – National Urban Policies to the Rescue?
This working paper was prepared by the African Centre for Cities. It was developed in partnership with the Coalition for Urban Transitions, which is a major global initiative to support national governments to accelerate economic development and tackle dangerous climate change by transforming towns and cities. (more…)
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Liza Cirolia, Stephen Berrisford, Ian Palmer September 11, 2018Land-based financing in sub-Saharan African cities
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Edgar Pieterse, Gareth Haysom, Susan Parnell May 8, 2018African dreams: locating urban infrastructure in the 2030 sustainable developmental agenda
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Sylvia Croese May 8, 2018Global urban policymaking in Africa: A view from Angola through the redevelopment of the Bay of Luanda
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Jane Battersby November 8, 2017Food system transformation in the absence of food system planning: the case of supermarket and shopping mall retail expansion in Cape Town, South Africa
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Warren Smit May 24, 2016Urban governance and urban food systems in Africa: Examining the linkages