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Recapping a month of activities and collaborations with African industry professionals as we celebrate 10 years of coverage.

Studio NYALI and Joe Addo present the ArchiAfrika pavilion, bringing black and diaspora voices to the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

Cape Verde’s newest cultural and creative platform is a floating music hub created by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi and his firm NLÉ, in partnership with ADS Group– Africa Development Solutions.

Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara kicked off the inaugural Alero Olympio Memorial Lecture series for the African Futures Institute by discussing cultural sustainability.

Ghana’s forthcoming African Futures Institute, founded by Ghanaian-Scottish architect and acclaimed educator Lesley Lokko, along with renowned Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye OBE, has launched its website.

Rwandan architect and illustrator Isaro Lise Katangulia creates "African Female Architects" to highlight and celebrate the contributions of African women to architecture.

For this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, African participants hail from Cape Verde, Nigeria, Angola, and more.

Chrissa Amuah has recently launched a textile collection named "Duality" in partnership with furniture and design brand Bernhardt Design. She is also representing Ghana at the 2021 London Design Biennale.

MASS Design Group has been creating industry standards in Sub-Saharan Africa and the developing world for sustainable and equitable development that is accessible, purposeful, and healing.

Orthner Orthner & Associates are setting new standards as to what Ghana's affordable housing stock could and should look like, while putting sustainability at the forefront of their designs.

The seven-volume book collection, named “Architectural Guide Sub-Saharan Africa,” takes a comprehensive look into some of the most significant structures from the continent’s 49 Sub-Saharan countries.

An introductory look into seven African women in architecture and the work that they are bringing to the table.

In a series of conversations, 54 Flavors takes a deep dive into dishes from countries like Cote d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Cape Verde, and more.

In a chat with Charity Ntansah, a Master of Public Health Doctoral Student, and Ngozi Olojede, a marketing and research expert at a leading architectural firm, we delve into the importance of diverse representation at design firms and in roles that govern health policies.

New York City's Penn Station has a new train hall with artwork by Kehinde Wiley, Stan Douglas, and Elmgreen & Dragset

Designers Chrissa Amuah and Tosin Oshinowo collaborate with Lexus Partners for Design Miami.

African themed restaurants, caterers, and the like have managed to persevere in the midst of the pandemic, powered, in part, by social and racial movements that have cast a spotlight on Black-owned businesses.

The world is looking rather curiously but with excitement at Akosua Adoma Owusu’s, the producer and director of the award-winning documentary Kwaku Ananse, attempt to revive one of Ghana’s oldest cinemas, Rex Cinema.

David Adjaye reveals designs for Princeton University Art Museum

Conversations on African food, African restaurants, African food trucks, African frozen foods, and more.

The work of Ghanaian writer, filmmaker and historian, Nana Oforiatta Ayim, explores ideas of narratives and identity through the different media of film, literature and exhibitions.

Architecture in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, from the historic past

Renowned Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye OBE has been named the 2021 recipient of one of the highest awards in the field of architecture, the Royal Gold Medal.

Lagos-based architect Tosin Oshinowo is transforming Ilashe Beach with her series of beach houses.

This is the life and works of Architect Samuel Opare Larbi.

El Anatsui is perhaps one of Africa’s most artistic sculptors to be still alive

Designed by South African architects SAOTA, Kingsway Tower not only introduces new architectural ideas to Lagos – the economic centre of Nigeria and one of the fastest growing cities in the world – but it is also uncompromisingly world-class in its quality and execution, reflecting the importance of this emerging market in a global context

Eva Sonaike is defining what African luxury is.

We spoke with two leading Ghanaian photojournalists about their work, and their thoughts on access to information and the power of photography using social media. They not only capture iconic buildings and spaces in Ghana and parts of Africa but also capture the daily nuances of being a Ghanaian and African.

This year’s March Independence Day celebrations for Ghana were markedly distinct, with the opening of Gallery 1957, a contemporary art gallery within the lush Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra, Ghana.

A Chat With Afro-jazz singer on her Upcoming Maiden EP, AFRABA

An Interview With The Writer, Producer & Co-Director of Afua’s Diary

Founder of Tarkwa Breman Community Alliance

The imported Ghanaian

Culture, Purpose and Life

ABDALLAH SALISU’S THEORIES & PRACTICES OF BLACK AUSTRIAN IDENTITY

Som Aidoo is a budding Ghanaian-born actor and musician based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Interview with Ato Delaquis