Cartographies for conversations: A review of the Cities in Motion Exhibition

In the ever-shifting landscape of African cities, Cities in Motion, presented at this year’s Urban Action Festival, invited audiences to pause, observe, and reflect on the layered, improvisational textures of urban life. The exhibition offered not just a gallery of images, but a mapping of experiences, tensions, and imagined futures stitched together across cultures and [...]

Realising unbound possibilities: Reflections from RISE Africa 2025 Urban Action Festival

Near the entrance of the District Six Homecoming center, anyone who intended to cross the threshold was asked two questions: How hopeful or dismal do we believe our future will be, and how much agency do we feel we as individuals have to drive change? For six years, RISE Africa has boasted a diverse, passionate [...]