African Cinema and Urbanism

This work brings together theories and practices from the disciplines of urbanism, architecture and African cinema studies to examine, through African screen media, how African artists are bringing attention to issues of urban precarity, climate change, survival and growth, and creativity on the continent.

Marie-Paule Macdonald is an associate professor at the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo. Her publications include Jimi Hendrix Soundscapes (2016) and rockspaces (2000). Macdonald is a registered architect, MOAQ (member of the Order of Architects of Quebec).

Sheila Petty is a professor of media studies at the University of Regina, author of Contact Zones: Memory, Origin and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema and co-editor of Directory of World Cinema: Africa.