Foreword Preface 1: Introduction: Global Norms, Urban Africa, the Everyday, and Disruption Part I: Heterogeneity Section Introduction 2: Questioning the Urban-Centrism of the New Urban Agenda and Its Implications for African Cities 3: Disrupting the myth of cohesion-generating public space: Contrasting narratives from Johannesburg and Berlin 4: The hybridisation of public transport in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi: Challenging inscriptions of innovation policy in bus rapid transit systems Part II: Fluid Belongings Section Introduction 5: The Faulty Premise of “Leave No One Behind” in Lagos: A Focus on People Living with Disabilities 6: Living Among the Dead: Disrupting Narratives on the Inclusion of the Homeless Through a Case of Public Open Space in Johannesburg 7: Exploring the Potential of the Spatial Agency of Refugees and IDPs to Inform Alternative Approaches of “Protection”: Case Studies from Lagos and Berlin Part III: Persistence Section Introduction 8: Unsettling the Formal?Informal Binary: the Right to Development and Self-Determination in the Harry Gwala Settlement Trajectory in Ekurhuleni, South Africa 9: Policy Transfer and the Misplaced Enabling Role of Government in Nigeria’s Housing Policy 10: The SDG Monitoring Framework Turns a Blind Eye to the Daily Realities of Lived Tenure Security in African Hybrid Land Transaction Systems: A South African Case Part IV: Interplay Section Introduction 11: Local Government Autonomy, Electoral Systems and Their Implications for Social Contracts in Nigeria: An Overlooked Obstacle to SDG Implementation 12: When Borders Do Not Matter: Contextualising Socio-Developmental Challenges in Urbanised Nigeria?Benin Border Communities 13: Transport Infrastructure as a Driver of Sustainable (Urban) Development in Africa? Critical Reflections on The Interrelations Between Sustainability Agendas and Infrastructure-Led Development through Experiences from Ethiopia 14: Conclusion: Towards Realistic Global Frames That Embrace Everyday Urban Practices in Africa