Slum demolition in the name of urban renewal is a common practice in contemporary African
cities. Many organisations have tracked the rights violations that demolitions entail. What …

Slum tourism as a topic of investigation has seen significant growth since the beginning of
this decade with increasing theoretical and empirical depth. With this growth, some …

In the 'New Angola'top-down governing and post-war reconstruction project,'New
Luanda'has emerged as a powerful social imaginary. It represents an aspiration, projecting …

Slum tourism as a topic of investigation has seen significant growth since the beginning of
this decade with increasing theoretical and empirical depth. With this growth, some …

This thesis analyses the question of what the discourse and dynamics between the residents
of Hermanus, and those from Zwelihle and Dubai, reveal about contestations over urban …

In this chapter I engage in a discussion on sight and its “emergence” in the urban spiritual
and political topography of Luanda, Angola. I begin with an ethnographic account of sorcery …