{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63c7e44c24a7040010747819/6423edbb3047600011946026?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A conversation with Prince Guma, Astrid Haas, and Patience Mususa on urban Africa","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63c7e44c24a7040010747819/1680076202880-f81c60a35b1fcd043a6158da68b2cb7a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s a mashup! GLD's Jeffrey Paller join up with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ufahamuafrica.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ufahamu Africa</a>&nbsp;podcast to talk to Prince Guma, Astrid Haas, and Patience Mususa. Each is an expert on the urbanization of the continent.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The episode responds to Jeffrey’s recent article in This Week in Africa, “<a href=\"https://thisweekinafrica.substack.com/p/five-trends-that-will-shape-urban-b54\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Five Trends that will Shape Urban Africa in 2023</a>,” which highlights:</p><ul><li>Innovative forms of affordable housing</li><li>Gentrifying neighbourhoods</li><li>Heightened focus on emerging cities</li><li>Confronting flooding</li><li>The impact of big tech</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-institute/who-we-are/prince-k-guma\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Guma</a> is a researcher of cities, infrastructures and technologies in eastern Africa.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theigc.org/people/astrid-haas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Astrid Haas</a> is an independent urban economist supporting cities and has worked extensively with city governments across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. And <a href=\"https://nai.uu.se/about-us/person/patience-mususa.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Patience Mususa</a> is senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala.</p><p><br></p><h2><br></h2><h4><strong>Books, Links, &amp; Articles</strong></h4><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/yfn265/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Young Feminists Network (YFN)</a></li><li><a href=\"https://thisweekinafrica.substack.com/p/five-trends-that-will-shape-urban-b54\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">“Five Trends that will Shape Urban Africa in 2023.”</a>&nbsp;by Jeffrey Paller</li><li><a href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/politics-and-the-urban-frontier-9780198853107?lang=en&amp;cc=re\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa</em></a>&nbsp;by Tom Goodfellow</li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Gizo-Gizo-Zongo-Lagoon-Emily-Williamson/dp/159298665X\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gizo-Gizo!: A Tale from the Zongo Lagoon</em></a>&nbsp;by Emily Williamson</li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Like-City-Ash-Amin/dp/0745664261\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Seeing Like a City</em></a>&nbsp;by Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift</li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com.be/-/en/Nancy-Odendaal/dp/152921856X\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Disrupted Urbanism: Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities</em></a>&nbsp;by Nancy Odendaal</li><li><a href=\"https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520382244/fragments-of-the-city\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fragments of the City: Making and Remaking Urban Worlds</em></a>&nbsp;by Colin McFarlane</li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Smart-Urbanism-City-Making-Infrastructures/dp/9463013253\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rethinking Smart Urbanism: City-Making and the Spread of Digital Infrastructures in Nairobi</em></a>&nbsp;by Prince Karakire Gura</li></ul>","author_name":"GLD"}