{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Trailer: Season 3","description":"Season Three of The City Show, titled An Unstoppable Force, focuses entirely on Africa. It traces how the continent\u2019s cities came to be what they are today, how people are navigating the often harsh reality of life in them, and what the future might hold as urbanisation accelerates at record speed. It\u2019s about the places and systems we have now, those we aspire towards, and how we might get there. Guests include architect Nzinga Mboup in Dakar; human rights lawyer and activist Namatai Kwekweza in Harare; urbanist Edgar Pieterse in Cape Town; mayor of Kanifing, Gambia, Talib Ahmed Bensouda; the proprietor of \u200aa Matebeto (a streetside food tavern in Lusaka) \u200aMildred Musonda Nkole; Kenyan community organiser \u200aGathanga Ndungu; futurist Geci Karuri Sebina in Johannesburg; data expert George Kibala-Bauer in London, and Cairo-based conservation architect and activist  May al-Ibrashy, among others. It\u2019s presented by Tau Tavengwa and produced by Penny Dale. Our researcher and fact-checker is Julia Hope.  Season Three of The City Show, subtitled: An Unstoppable Force, accompanies a publication of the same title produced as part of the Urban2063 coalition\u2019s campaign, launched as an initiative of 15 organisations across Africa and globally. These organisations have come together to advocate for a wider recognition of the centrality of cities in Africa\u2019s transformation and future.  It\u2019s supported by Development Bank of Southern Africa, Africa Climate Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Ford Foundation.   ","author_name":"The City Show","author_url":"https:\/\/cityscapesmagazine.com\/podcast","html":"