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Conversations, audio-essays and public talks for the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER).
In this episode, Caio Simões de Araújo discusses the politics of infrastructure in Southern Africa, taking as an entry point the Maputo-Katembe bridge, inaugurated in 2018. Araújo argues that the bridge is part of a renewed public investment in infrastructure enabled by Chinese cooperation in Africa. Yet, rather than a straightforward road into the future, the bridge is embedded in a highly complex set of temporal landscapes - ones that warrant close and careful analysis.
The WISER Podcast
Conversations, audio-essays and public talks for the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER).
