Kinshasa's Fluxes and Rhythms

CityScapes is a 144 page biannual print publication. It is neither an academic journal nor a literary periodical. The magazine is a hybrid of forms, simultaneously invested in scholarly discourse around contemporary urbanism in Africa and the global south, as much as individual everyday experiences and activities of the multitude of actors that are actively involved in shaping the city. Each issue of the magazine presents readers with a mix of content – both verbal and non-verbal – ranging from long form journalism, opinion pieces, interviews, data and info-graphics to photography.What does the nebulous idea of living together in a place such as Kinshasa mean? And what is the role of photography in documenting and researching this cohabitation in an urban space characterised by folds, gaps, and holes? Abdoumaliq Simone interviews Filip De Boeck on his current work with Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji.status: publishe