Africa Junctions – Capturing the City
Lard Buurman
23 April 2014

In conjunction with the exhibition, the book Africa Junctions Capturing the City was launched. The publication includes eighty of Buurman’s photographs of African cities, accompanied by essays from various authors who reflect on the African city and Buurman's images from various critical perspectives. Contributions include texts by the Senegalese curator N’Goné Fall, the Nigerian author Chris Abani, the South African architect/artist Alexander Opper and an interview with Lard Buurman by Chris Keulemans. The book is designed by Roosje Klap, edited by Nina Folkersma and published by Hatje Cantz Verlag.

The book was launched on April 23 during the Africa Junctions exhibition. An engaging discussion programme for the event involving Berend van der Lans (architect and founder of African Architecture Matters), N’Goné Fall (independent curator and essayist) and Lard Buurman was organised. The discussion was moderated by Marcia Luyten (journalist, author of Dag Afrika (2013) and tv presentator of ‘Buitenhof’).