Friday, April 8, 2016 Wood Auditorium Other Desires: The African City examines the ways in which rapid urbanization on the African continent in the twenty-first century has given rise to increasing speculation about African cities as sites of innovation and creativity amongst spatial practitioners, artists, and musicians, as well as cultural, economic and academic institutions globally. The one-day conference considers emerging spatial practices, urban narratives and identities within African cities, but also the ways in which African cities provide a conceptual framework through which to interrogate notions of desire, liberation, beauty, memory, the reinvention of traditions, and belonging that the modern city embodies. Closing Discussion: Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Professor of African Studies, MESAAS, Columbia University Mabel Wilson, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Global Africa Lab, Columbia GSAPP Edgar Pieterse, South African Research Chair in Urban Policy & Director of African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town Moderated by Mpho Matsipa, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture, Columbia GSAPP and Curator of Studio-X Johannesburg

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