Building Africa: An exhibition about how architecture shapes politics 11 January – 16 March 2024
Building Africa explores the relationship between architecture and politics. It tells stories about presidential palaces, courts,...
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- Nov 30
Call for papers - Political architecture and decolonialisation
A one-day workshop on 11 March 2024 at SOAS University of London. This one-day workshop will explore political architecture in...
- Nov 2
Innocent Batsani-Ncube wins the Terence Ranger Prize 2023.
Dr Innocent Batsani-Ncube’s article, ‘Whose Building? Tracing the Politics of the Chinese Government-Funded Parliament Building in...
- Nov 2
The dis/contented state: how Ghanaians read the state through its buildings
Gallagher talk on Ghana at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana The talk is entitled 'The dis/contented state: how...
- Oct 26
Building Africa - new exhibition in Accra
The Building Africa Exhibition Accra opens on 3 November. The exhibition tells stories about buildings and politics in Ghana. It asks,...
- Oct 25
Building African Futures book launch in Accra
Members of the ASA team will present their most recent book, Building African Futures: 10 Manifestos for Transformative Architecture and...
- Sep 27
ASA team members go on to new jobs
Kuukuwa Manful and Innocent Batsani-Ncube are leaving SOAS to take up new roles. Kuukuwa becomes an Assistant Professor at the Taubman...
- Sep 27
Building African Futures book launch
The book had a first launch event at the Venice Biennale on Monday 4 September. Biennale curator Lesley Lokko introduced a panel...
- Sep 27
ASA book prize
Architecture and Politics in Africa: making, living and imagining identities through building is runner up in the African Studies Review...
- Aug 29
Building Africa - film preview
Members of the ASA team will present their new film - 'Building Africa: five stories about how architecture shapes the continent' - at...
- Aug 29
The state of things!
There’s a lovely article about the ASA exhibition that was staged in Johannesburg in August 2023. It’s written by Hashim Tarmahomed and...
- Aug 14
New book and launch
ASA’s latest book Building African Futures: 10 Manifestos for Transformative Architecture and Urbanism (Iwalewabooks) will be launched at...
- Jul 17
New exhibition in Johannesburg
The Building Africa Exhibition moves to South Africa this month, with a new show in Johannesburg from 31 July until 11 August. The show...
- Jun 26
[Video] Joanne Tomkinson talks to Julia Gallagher about her recently published article
Joanne Tomkinson talks to Julia Gallagher about her recently published article ‘Origination and Africa’s international relations:...
- May 12
Building Africa Exhibition tours Addis Ababa
The Building Africa Addis Ababa exhibition ended last week, having attracted several hundred visitors and substantial local media...
- May 9
More news coverage of our Building Africa exhibition
FANA, the Ethiopian state TV station, carried a news story about our exhibition. Watch it here. You can see the exhibition online from 10...
- May 4
Building Africa on Ethiopian radio
The Building Africa exhibition was featured on Kine Hintsa (Architecture), a programme on Arada FM 95.1 on 4 May. The programme featured...
- May 4
- May 4
Addis Ababa exhibition - final day
The Building Africa exhibition’s closing day is Friday 5 May. The show is at the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, Addis Ababa...
- May 2
'Building Africa' Addis Ababa moves
The exhibition is outside the Creative Hub, Mexico, Addis Ababa on Tuesday 2 May and Wednesday 3 May. Hours: 9.00-17.00. Entrance free.
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