Aug 27, 2019Daniel and Gallagher to present at ASA in BostonDaniel Mulugeta Gebrie and Julia Gallagher will present papers at the annual Africa Studies Association Conference in November 2019 in Boston. Gallagher’s pa...
Aug 23, 2019Building Bureaucracies in west Africa by Julia GallagherAmos Rapaport says that it’s possible to read politics through the ‘non-verbal cues’ offered by buildings: their position in the city, the materials they are...
Jul 17, 2019New Ghana affiliation ASA has recently become affiliated with the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. The relationship will enable mutual support and exchange betwe...
Jan 31, 2018Palace of the Wa Naa, Wa, Ghana16th century Historically, there were several kingdoms, states, empires, and polities in and extending into the geographical area that later became the natio...
Jan 30, 2018The Aban, Kumase, Ghana1822 The Aban, also referred to as The Palace of Culture, was a grand building constructed to display the wealth, gifts and military might of the Asante King...
Jan 29, 2018Kumasi Fort, Ghana1897 During the British colonial campaign in Ghana, several of the great buildings of Ghana-based empires and kingdoms were destroyed. In accordance with Bri...
Jan 28, 2018Black Star Gate, Accra, Ghana1961 Independence-era architecture in Ghana marked a break with traditional British forms and coincided with the modernist movement in architecture which val...
Jan 27, 2018Ghana National Cathedral, Accra, GhanaTBC In recent times, state architecture projects in Ghana have usually been funded, designed and constructed by foreign countries such as China (Ministry of ...