Author: AbdouMaliq Simone

It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed and deploy …

It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed and deploy …

The poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit. But what if we thought of popular districts in mor …

The poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit. But what if we thought of popular districts in mor …

The most extensive urban demographic transitions ahead will take place in Africa and Asia. These transitions occur in regions where the majority of inhabitants remain trapped in vulnerable employment …

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process-an "anticipatory politics"-that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies. As such, …

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process – an ‘anticipatory politics’ – that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies. As such, the b …

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process – an ‘anticipatory politics’ – that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies. As such, the b …

Whether waiting for the train or planning the future city, infrastructure orders—and depends on—multiple urban temporalities. This agenda-setting volume disrupts conventional notions of time through …

Whether waiting for the train or planning the future city, infrastructure orders-and depends on-multiple urban temporalities. This agenda-setting volume disrupts conventional notions of time through …

Johannesburg: The Elusive Metropolis is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa’s largest city into urban theory, on its own terms. Johannesburg is Africa’s premier metropolis. Yet theories of urb …

Among government officials, urban planners, and development workers, Africa’s burgeoning metropolises are frequently understood as failed cities, unable to provide even basic services. Whatever resou …

In The Surrounds renowned urbanist Abdou Maliq Simone offers a new theorization of the interface of the urban and the political. Working at the intersection of Black studies, urban theory, and decolo …