Call for Papers: 'Urban Africa' - Turin, October 2015

Turin, 16-17 October 2015


Urban Africa Economy,

populations, cultures 


Call for papers 


The Centre for African Studies (CSA) and the Association for African Studies in Italy (ASAI), in collaboration with the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin and the Department of Architecture and Design of the Polytechnic University of Turin, organize an interdisciplinary conference on “Urban Africa”

See the call for papers at http://urbanafrica.it and download in English from this link. 

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