

The Beeker Method:Planning and Working on the Redevelopment of the African City.Retrospective Glance
Seminar, Exhibition and Book Launch, 23rd March 2017, 14.00 at African Studies Centre in Leiden. Coen Beeker is an unsung pioneer in...


Connecting and attention for modesty
On the 6th of November, the Aga Khan Awards for Architecture were presented to their winners in the beautifully lit Jahili Fort in the...


Stadsherstel presents Hifadhi Zanzibar
During a lecture on Tuesday 25 October as part of the 60th Anniversary of Stadsherstel Amsterdam, the international activities of...


Difficult Dialogues on the WHS status of Stone Town @ ZIFF
Hifadhi Zanzibar is asked to co-organise the Difficult Dialogues debate at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, with generous...


On Thursday 14 July in Montreal: The voyages of four reflective practitioners
This year will see the transfer of a considerable part of the extensive mediatheque from African Architecture Matters into the hands of...


Saturday 4 June: Ng’ambo Tuitakayo presentation at Mapinduzi Park (Michenzani) in Zanzibar
Join us, Saturday 4 June from 14-21hrs for the public presentation, with also music performances of Swahili Vibes, Tausi Taarab,...


Stories from Ng’ambo at the Urban Narratives symposium
In the past weeks, a team of Zanzibar’s Department of Urban and Rural Planning and AAmatters have been working in Ng’ambo to explore the...


Never too late to start caring about urban heritage?
On Friday 1st of April we had the pleasure to present our project Ng’ambo Tuitakayo alongside renown scholars and urban activists as...


Finding Stories reviewed
The ‘Ajax Amsterdam maskan’ in Ng’ambo (Photo Marie Morel) Peter Pels - professor in the anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa at the...


After Finding Stories, the story continues
The symposium ‘Finding Stories :: The Role of Immaterial Culture in City Planning’ that took place in the Amstelkerk (Amsterdam) on 30...