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Inam Kula

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Inam Kula

Inam Kula works as an architect and activist, and seeks to address the relationship between space and power, confronting the uses of architecture that create and reinforce systems of marginalisation and exclusion

Culture on the street: The art gallery, 16 on Lerotholi in Langa, was founded by Thulani Fesi, Khanyo Ngcukana Shaun Williams and Mpilo Ngcukana. The gallery is collaborating with architect, Inam Kula on a collective memory exhibition of the township, which will be showcased later this year at the gallery. Photo: Dillon Marsh
CAPE TOWN

Lest we forget: Remember Langa’s history during the township’s centenary celebrations

The celebrations will focus on the many people who have contributed to the South Africa that we have

  • Inam Kula
  • Mpilo Ngcukana
5 min read
Prizewinning architecture: This primary school in a village in Burkina Faso was designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré and built with locally sourced materials and the assistance of the villagers.
ARCHITECTURE

Positive spaces can help Africans realise their own agency

We must leverage local knowledge and materials to develop an architecture uniquely suited to our needs and conditions

  • Inam Kula
5 min read