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Every day, another extraordinary text comes to our inbox. This is from a short essay by Gazan poet & playwright Yousef el Qedra.

New paper out in our special issue — ‘Africa Under Construction: Critical Perspectives on Infrastructure and Labour’! I explore how informal work and governance shape Africa’s smart urban futures. #SmartCities #UrbanAfrica #Labour #Infrastructure tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

a great example of how the pan-African mandate is sometimes used as a way to instrumentalize Africa and African subjectivities and idiosyncrasies

The people building “Africa’s future” 👀

There’s no African at that table apart from Tanzania’s Benjamin Fernandes. There were some successful Black African founders in Abidjan so this is a deliberate choice

I’m not gatekeeping; I’m doing elitism. There’s a difference.

The May 2025 issue of IJURR is now online. Read the latest research in urban studies 🔗ijurr.org/issue/vol-49-n…

European ambassadors in Uganda, whose governments are funding a genocide in Gaza, somehow find the moral authority to condemn torture here. This is not about human rights. It is about power. They don’t believe we can fight for our rights ourselves! They do not see us as active

My paper, ‘Everyday Infrastructures of Urban Life’, now published in this latest issue of IJURR: ijurr.org/issue/vol-49-n…

The stigmas faced by labour migrants in Indian cities gained global attention during the Covid-19 response. This paper shows how such stigmas are long-standing, reinforced and represented through the very urban infrastructures migrants help build 📖 ijurr.org/article/infras…

PALESTINE BEFORE AND AFTER!

Please explain it to me like I’m 5 years old….

These past hours should not distract us from the urgent need to establish a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. A life is a life. No double standards.

The Critical Urbanism Program, U of Basel, the Urban Institute, U of Sheffield, and Soc-Cultural Anthropology, Leiden will conduct a School of Urban Popular Economy in Nairobi from Feb 2-6, 2026. Fully funded opportunities for 11 early career scholars. If interested contact:

If you see this video in your Timeline just Retweet #SiriNiNumbers

There is a Revolution going on in Kenya. The CNN, BBC & DW are covering the countrywide protests. No music, no food, no carnival; the people of Kenya are angry with William Ruto. Young people have taken over their country. ✊ #SiriNiNumbers #ThirdLiberation

The cover of the 9th issue of @wegandareview. As ever, the issue includes a terrific mix of essays, fiction & poetry. Art portfolios belong to Lilian Nabulime & JB Muramuzi. Cover art is a haunting “minimum portrait” by Waleed Mohammed, a Sudanese artist now based in Kampala.

We cannot say, we didn't see this coming. When we spoke out, they responded with malice & character assassination. In truth, Makerere is in free fall. These ratings present just a tip of the iceberg. but tbf, this is a national condition: everything is falling.