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African Urban Studies: Contributions and Challenges

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  • Sylvia Croese

    (University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA)

  • Astrid Wood

    (Newcastle University, UK)

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Scholarship on African cities represents a growing yet still scarce subfield in urban studies, especially considering the scale and variety of African urbanisation patterns. The purpose of this Virtual Special Issue is to review the scholarship published on urban Africa in Urban Studies over the past five decades. In this Editorial, we reflect on the contributions of African urban scholarship and present a selection of articles to highlight the ways in which it has shaped key fields of urban studies. We also note the challenges that underpin ongoing lacunae in urban knowledge production and suggest directions for future work. This discussion provides a lens on our understandings of the urban condition in Africa and the general trajectory of urban scholarship.

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  • Sylvia Croese & Astrid Wood, 2024. "African Urban Studies: Contributions and Challenges," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 61(13), pages 2477-2491, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:61:y:2024:i:13:p:2477-2491
    DOI: 10.1177/00420980241239184
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