Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator, journalist and broadcaster based in London, whose writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian and Vogue. Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from 2005 to 2010, and a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television programmes, his previous books include Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa and In the Black Fantastic, the latter also published by Thames & Hudson.

'A thrilling view of a complex, beautiful place' - The Times Luxx

• Introduction1. Hybrid City2. Inner Landscapes3. Zones of Freedom4. Magic & Memory The Photographers Leonce Raphael AgbodjelouLeila AlaouiKader AttiaAtong AtemShiraz BayjooGirma BertaJodi BieberGuillaume BonnFilipe BranquinhoEdson ChagasKudzanai ChiuraiJabulani DhlaminiOmar Victor DiopYagazie EmeziAndrew EsieboLalla EssaydiHicham GardafFrancois-Xavier GbreMaïmouna GuerresiEric GyamfiKiluanji Kia HendaPieter HugoDelio JasseKeyezuaLebohang KganyePhumzile KhanyileNamsa LeubaMichael MacgarryOsborne MachariaSabelo MlangeniMohau ModisakengZanele MuholiYoussef NabilJehad NgaNobukho NqabaMusa N. NxumaloEmeka OkerekeUche Okpa-IrohaGeorge OsodiRuth OssaiDawit L PetrosAthi-Patra RugaZina Saro-WiwaThabiso SekgalaMichael TsegayeNontisikelelo VelekoLina Iris ViktorZakaria WakrimAlexia WebsterKyle Weeks

Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator, journalist and broadcaster based in London, whose writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian and Vogue. Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from 2005 to 2010, and a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television programmes, his previous books include Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa and In the Black Fantastic, the latter also published by Thames & Hudson.

'A thrilling view of a complex, beautiful place' - The Times Luxx

• Introduction1. Hybrid City2. Inner Landscapes3. Zones of Freedom4. Magic & Memory The Photographers Leonce Raphael AgbodjelouLeila AlaouiKader AttiaAtong AtemShiraz BayjooGirma BertaJodi BieberGuillaume BonnFilipe BranquinhoEdson ChagasKudzanai ChiuraiJabulani DhlaminiOmar Victor DiopYagazie EmeziAndrew EsieboLalla EssaydiHicham GardafFrancois-Xavier GbreMaïmouna GuerresiEric GyamfiKiluanji Kia HendaPieter HugoDelio JasseKeyezuaLebohang KganyePhumzile KhanyileNamsa LeubaMichael MacgarryOsborne MachariaSabelo MlangeniMohau ModisakengZanele MuholiYoussef NabilJehad NgaNobukho NqabaMusa N. NxumaloEmeka OkerekeUche Okpa-IrohaGeorge OsodiRuth OssaiDawit L PetrosAthi-Patra RugaZina Saro-WiwaThabiso SekgalaMichael TsegayeNontisikelelo VelekoLina Iris ViktorZakaria WakrimAlexia WebsterKyle Weeks

Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator, journalist and broadcaster based in London, whose writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian and Vogue. Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from 2005 to 2010, and a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television programmes, his previous books include Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa and In the Black Fantastic, the latter also published by Thames & Hudson.

'A thrilling view of a complex, beautiful place' - The Times Luxx

• Introduction1. Hybrid City2. Inner Landscapes3. Zones of Freedom4. Magic & Memory The Photographers Leonce Raphael AgbodjelouLeila AlaouiKader AttiaAtong AtemShiraz BayjooGirma BertaJodi BieberGuillaume BonnFilipe BranquinhoEdson ChagasKudzanai ChiuraiJabulani DhlaminiOmar Victor DiopYagazie EmeziAndrew EsieboLalla EssaydiHicham GardafFrancois-Xavier GbreMaïmouna GuerresiEric GyamfiKiluanji Kia HendaPieter HugoDelio JasseKeyezuaLebohang KganyePhumzile KhanyileNamsa LeubaMichael MacgarryOsborne MachariaSabelo MlangeniMohau ModisakengZanele MuholiYoussef NabilJehad NgaNobukho NqabaMusa N. NxumaloEmeka OkerekeUche Okpa-IrohaGeorge OsodiRuth OssaiDawit L PetrosAthi-Patra RugaZina Saro-WiwaThabiso SekgalaMichael TsegayeNontisikelelo VelekoLina Iris ViktorZakaria WakrimAlexia WebsterKyle Weeks