Reframing uncertainty in urban Africa and what it means for the world's cities.
A collaboration of social scientists, architects, and artists from Accra, Nairobi, and Johannesburg, the Atlas of Uncertainty — a book, interactive website, and travelling exhibition — navigates how people's mobility shapes urban futures in uncertain times.
Exhibition opening: 18 April 2026
Origins Centre, Wits University, Johannesburg
On show: 18 April – 3 July 2026
Book:
Early 2027
The Team
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Loren B Landau
Creator and Editor
Migration researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand and University of Oxford.
Caroline W Kihato
Creator and Editor
Urban sociologist and visiting fellow with University of Oxford's Department of International Development.
Kabiri Bule
Data Analyst
Researcher with the University of the Witwatersrand's African Centre for Migration & Society.
Carina Kanbi
Curator
Co-founder of Aya Editions in Accra and PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand's African Centre for Migration & Society.
Tanya Pampalone
Communications Lead
Editor and writer based in Johannesburg and San Francisco.
Sophie Iosue
Project Manager
PhD candidate in social and political sciences at Università Bocconi.
Laura Kurgan
Cartographer
Researcher at the Center for Spatial Research at Columbia University.
Fred Swart
Designer
Graphic artist and designer based in Johannesburg specialising in visual language, corporate identity, maps and books.
Naadira Patel
Designer
Johannesburg-based artist and designer coordinating the publication design and exhibition production for the Atlas.
Serggio Monttilva
Web Design
Buenos Aires-based web developer and designer leading the digital build for the Atlas project.
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