Laura Nkula-Wenz

Dr Laura Nkula-Wenz is a lecturer at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. She is a human geographer by training with a passion for postcolonial urban theory, African urbanism, new pedagogies of the city and public culture. Her research focuses on local urban governance transformation; the impact of international events and urban accolades; urban experimentation and inter-urban knowledge networks; and the intersection of cultural production and urban change. Together with Prof. Polo Moji, she is the Co-Author of the African Literary Cities project.