Freehaus has just completed its reimagining of a 1960s building in London\u2019s Southwark into the new home of The Africa Centre \u2013 an\u00a0\u2018embassy of optimism\u2019 for pan-African culture. The established London institution has been planning a move for some time, after 60 years in its previous, Covent Garden base. The\u00a0London...
The Africa Centre has reopened to a design by London-based architecture studio Freehaus, and is ready to support community and cultural exchange from its new Southwark home
‘Southwark is home to the largest Black African community in London and therefore, possibly, the whole of the UK,’ notes Hagos. ‘We looked at the organisation’s five key pillars – community, entrepreneurship, intellectual leadership, culture and education – and worked on different spaces in the building that cater to their needs.
in creating cultural institutions for Black and Afro-centric organisations; former Africa Centre trustee Chris Spring’s bookby Nnamdi Elleh; the work of Burkinabé architect Francis Kéré; and Atelier Masōmī’s Hikma religious and secular complex in Dandaji, Niger.
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