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The Special Issue is available in Open Access! Ammann, C. and T. Förster (Eds.) (2018) African Cities and the Development Conundrum, International Development Policy Series, No.10 (Geneva, Boston: Graduate Institute Publications, Brill-Nijhoff).https://youtu.be/zib46riA6iYCarole Ammann, guest editor for this edition and lecturer at the Institute of Social Anthropology in Basel, identifies the problems with growing inequalities as a result of rapid urbanisation in the African continent.https://youtu.be/WfEWZ58y_FsTill Förster, Director of the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel, explains why it is important to bring academic research and policy decision-makers together in planning the future of cities in Africa.