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    Batsani-Ncube to present paper at IPSA
    • Jul 9, 2021

    Batsani-Ncube to present paper at IPSA

    ASA Doctoral Researcher, Innocent Batsani-Ncube will present a paper at the 2021 IPSA Virtual World Congress on Wednesday 14 July 2021....
    Pan-Africanism and the Affective Charges of the African Union Building in Addis Ababa
    • Jul 9, 2021

    Pan-Africanism and the Affective Charges of the African Union Building in Addis Ababa

    by Daniel Mulugeta The African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters, which includes a conference centre and a 20-story office complex, is...
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Innocent Batsani-Ncube article published in the Africa Review Journal

    Innocent Batsani-Ncube has published an article, ‘Governing from the opposition?’: tracing the impact of EFF’s ‘niche populist politics’...
    Manful and Gallagher contribute to 'Architectural Guide to Sub-Saharan Architecture'
    • May 6, 2021

    Manful and Gallagher contribute to 'Architectural Guide to Sub-Saharan Architecture'

    Manful and Gallagher contribute to Architectural Guide to Sub-Saharan Architecture The seven-volume guide, edited by Philipp Meuser and...
    • Apr 23, 2021

    Julia Gallagher will be speaking on 'The Future of Africa-UK Relations Post-Brexit'

    Date & Time - Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021. , 2:00pm to 3:00pm (British Time) 9:00am – 10:00am (Eastern Time) OVERVIEW The United Kingdom has...
    Notes on the ‘Africa’s Favourite Building’ submissions.
    • Apr 19, 2021

    Notes on the ‘Africa’s Favourite Building’ submissions.

    By Sunil Pun On October 2020, ASA project put forth a call for nominations for Africa’s favourite building. Since then, we have received...
    • Mar 17, 2021

    New book from Joanne Tomkinson

    Joanne Tomkinson, post-doctoral researcher on the ASA project, has signed contract with Oxford University Press (OUP) to publish her book...
    Architecture and Politics in Africa
    • Feb 22, 2021

    Architecture and Politics in Africa

    As the ASA project reaches its half-way mark, the team has produced a short film about its research activities. The film explores the...
    Batsani-Ncube to present paper at CRG-AEGIS workshop
    • Jan 20, 2021

    Batsani-Ncube to present paper at CRG-AEGIS workshop

    Innocent Batsani Ncube will present a paper at a Virtual workshop on ‘Non-Western Actors in Africa: Interests, Conflicts and Agency’...
    Ancient church or shopping mall? The search for Africa's favourite building
    • Dec 7, 2020

    Ancient church or shopping mall? The search for Africa's favourite building

    The African State Architecture project has started its search for ‘Africa’s favourite building’ asking members of the public to nominate...
    • Nov 20, 2020

    ASA Doc. Researcher, Joanne Tomkinson, will be speaking about Ethiopia's aviation industrial complex

    A Global History of State-Enterprises in Developing Countries, 1950 to present. Date/Time - 26/27 November, 18-21 CET (i.e. Berlin time)....
    • Nov 19, 2020

    Kuukuwa Manful, ASA Doctoral Researcher comments on the death of former Pres. of Ghana J.Rawling

    Quartz, DNyuz: Kuukuwa Manful, a Doctoral Researcher in African State Architecture comments on the death of former President of Ghana...
    • Nov 18, 2020

    ASA Post-Doc researcher, Daniel Mulugeta, quoted in article on the Tigray conflict published by AJ

    Click here for the link to the article.
    [Video] Architecture and politics in Africa: making, living & imagining identities through buildings
    • Oct 13, 2020

    [Video] Architecture and politics in Africa: making, living & imagining identities through buildings

    Researchers, architects and students from Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Germany, Switzerland the UK and US attended ASA’s...
    • Jul 10, 2020

    Architecture and politics in Africa - making, living and imagining identities through buildings

    Date: 16 September 2020 Time: 10am - 5pm Our webinar, ‘Architecture and Politics in Africa: making, living and imagining identities...
    Julia Gallagher talks about the project.
    • Jun 17, 2020

    Julia Gallagher talks about the project.

    State-building in Ethiopia: tracing the state through architectural continuity and disruption
    • Jun 11, 2020

    State-building in Ethiopia: tracing the state through architectural continuity and disruption

    by Atnatewos Melake-Selam, Daniel Mulugeta, Joanne Tomkinson and Julia Gallagher The story of Ethiopia’s state has been told through...
    Dependence in the age of coronavirus: how a global pandemic is unsettling African buildings
    • Apr 9, 2020

    Dependence in the age of coronavirus: how a global pandemic is unsettling African buildings

    By Dr Joanne Tomkinson In February 2020, I was conducting research in Ethiopia for the African State Architecture (ASA) project. My area...
    Who owns the Zimbabwean Parliament building?
    • Mar 13, 2020

    Who owns the Zimbabwean Parliament building?

    by Innocent Batsani Ncube Parliament building in Harare, Zimbabwe seen from Nelson Mandela Avenue One of the most enduring legends in...
    ASA exhibition on state architecture in South Africa
    • Jan 20, 2020

    ASA exhibition on state architecture in South Africa

    State-ments, an exhibition that draws on Julia Gallagher’s research on popular ideas of state buildings, has just finished a tour of five...
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