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Building Africa exhibition opening soon
We are in the final stages of setting up our exhibition for the launch next week. The exhibition brings together installations created in...
Jan 8, 2024


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,...
Dec 1, 2023


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 30, 2023


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, 2023


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...
Nov 2, 2023


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 26, 2023


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...
Oct 25, 2023


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, 2023


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, 2023


ASA book prize
Architecture and Politics in Africa: making, living and imagining identities through building is runner up in the African Studies Review...
Sep 27, 2023


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, 2023


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 29, 2023


New book and launch
ASA’s latest book Building African Futures: 10 Manifestos for Transformative Architecture and Urbanism (Iwalewabooks) will be launched at...
Aug 14, 2023


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...
Jul 17, 2023
![[Video] Joanne Tomkinson talks to Julia Gallagher about her recently published article](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8GNZOoYKJO0/maxresdefault.jpg)
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[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:...
Jun 26, 2023


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 12, 2023


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 9, 2023


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, 2023


Invisible state? Julia Gallagher will give a talk on the Ethiopia part of her project on 8 May.
See details below.
May 4, 2023


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 4, 2023
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