We are pleased to announce the publication of our special issue Re-Imagining African Cities: The Arts and Urban Politics.
Eight essays by leading international scholars in African art, performance and literature explore the place of the arts in African urban politics as a subject of analysis, as a driving force of social and political change, and as an arbiter of culture. Based on research in Kinshasa, Paris, Cape Town, Lagos, Bamenda, Korhogo,Freetown, Johannesburg and Kampala, the contributions offer insights into contemporary art practices in globally connected African cities, reflecting them as social and cultural spaces, as sites and figures of social imagination, and as a subject of artistic articulation.