Publisher's Synopsis
"The emphasis on creativity in this inviting volume on urbanism is a well-chosen prism for the diverse curiosities, insights, perspectives, and narratives on African cities as innovative spaces."- Francis B. Nyamnjoh, University of Cape Town "A jazz-like score of multiplicitous African cities is what this carefully arranged collage of a book offers."- Alexander Opper, University of Johannesburg How have politicians, planners, and power brokers deployed-or not-notions of creativity across the history of African cities from the colonial era to the present? The contributors to Creative Cities in Africa address this question as they frame critical approaches to architecture and urbanism and explore new and alternative forms of writing, thinking, and making the city.
