ASA Doctoral Researcher, Innocent Batsani-Ncube recently conducted a week-long archival research on the Confederation of African Football...

Innocent Batsani-Ncube’s review of Jonathan Moyo’s book, “EXCELGATE: how Zimbabwe’s 2018 Presidential election was stolen”, has just been...

The ASA team is delighted to have signed a contract with publisher James Currey for a new book, Architecture and Politics in Africa:...

Julia Gallagher joined Peace Medie (Bristol) and Simukai Chigudu (Oxford) for a panel session on Africa: the next ten years at the...

Kuukuwa Manful, ASA Doctoral Researcher, is presenting her research at the 16th International Docomomo Conference – Tokyo, Japan 2020+1....

Kuukuwa Manful, ASA Doctoral Researcher, has received funding from The SOAS Impact and Knowledge Exchange Fund (IKE) to produce digital...

Julia Gallagher will speak at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival on a panel with Simukai Chigudu, Associate...

by Julia Gallagher Is it possible to explain what states mean and how state-society relationships work by looking at and talking about...

Gallagher, Mpere and N’djoré’s article on architectural aesthetics and statehood in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire has just been published in...

ASA Doctoral Researcher, Innocent Batsani-Ncube will present a paper at the 2021 IPSA Virtual World Congress on Wednesday 14 July 2021....

by Daniel Mulugeta The African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters, which includes a conference centre and a 20-story office complex, is...

Innocent Batsani-Ncube has published an article, ‘Governing from the opposition?’: tracing the impact of EFF’s ‘niche populist politics’...

Submission by Lutz Marten Findeco House on Cairo Road in Lusaka, Zambia. The building dominates the Lusaka skyline and the historic heart...

Submission by Carola Mostert It is an architectural masterpiece. To join the conversation, please leave a comment or click on this link...

Submission by Dr Piero Valabrega The Nabemba tower in Brazzaville, as a remarkable example of modernist architecture, including African...

Submission by Tom Jelpke I have three that I love, though if pressed my favourite would be the Ouagadougou Cathedral :) Kenyatta...

Manful and Gallagher contribute to Architectural Guide to Sub-Saharan Architecture The seven-volume guide, edited by Philipp Meuser and...

Submission by Aicha Belkadi I nominate l''aero-habitat in Algiers (Algeria). I wanted a building located in Algeria and I chose this one...

Submission by Yussuf Hamad Zanzibar’s House Wonders ( This is a historic building with very fascinating history and architecture . It is...

Submission by Andrea Cornwall National Arts Theatre Lagos. I love it as it is such a beautiful building and a monument to Black arts,...