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...
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Nov 2, 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...
Oct 26, 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 25, 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...
Sep 27, 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...
Aug 29, 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 14, 2023
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, 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...
Jun 26, 2023
[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, 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 9, 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 4, 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
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 2, 2023
'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.
May 2, 2023
Talk on Ethiopia’s ‘invisible’ state.
Julia Gallagher will give a talk at the University of Addis Ababa on 8 May 2023. Venue: Main campus AAU, NCR building , room G 20 at...
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