Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
17 September 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Exploring Counter-Histories with Nana Biamah-Ofosu
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Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
articles
Huda Tayob, Centring Africa, La Noire de…, Ousmane Sembène, Frantz Fanon, Dakar, Antibes
22 March 2021
Reading Architecture through La Noire de...
Huda Tayob presents film as an embodied archive and critique of the modernizing city
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The CCA Virtual Fellowship Program supports our long-term investment in thinking through how already digitized and accessible CCA Collection material can generate new historical configurations, timely interpretations, and a broader reach within architectural research.
virtual fellowship program, Nokubekezela Mchunu, Wafa Ali, Papers that Remain, post-custodial archives, Africa
1 March 2022 to 23 December 2022
CCA Virtual Fellowship Program 2022
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The CCA Virtual Fellowship Program supports our long-term investment in thinking through how already digitized and accessible CCA Collection material can generate new historical configurations, timely interpretations, and a broader reach within architectural research.
research
1 March 2022 to
23 December 2022
The cleared site on Bugando Hill for the construction of Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
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ca. 1970
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ARCH285401
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A video program on the topic of sustainable building technologies with a focus on fibre concrete roofing, shot on location in Kenya. The recording features narration and interviews. The film created by the Building Advisory Service and Information Network (BASIN).
1990
Video recording of a program on Sustainable Building Technologies: Fibre Concrete Roofing
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ARCH285401
Description:
A video program on the topic of sustainable building technologies with a focus on fibre concrete roofing, shot on location in Kenya. The recording features narration and interviews. The film created by the Building Advisory Service and Information Network (BASIN).
1990