Introduction
ArchiAfrika stands for ‘Afrikaanse Architectuur’ (Dutch), which translates into English as ‘African Architecture’ or into French as ‘ Architecture Africaine’.
A group of Dutch architects decided to establish ArchiAfrika on their return from Africa, after living and working for years on that continent. They realised that African Architecture is relatively unknown in the (western) world. Their working experience in various African countries still influences their architectural practice in the Netherlands.
Strange as it may seem, African architecture has not profited from the recent increasing global attention for other African arts such as music, literature, painting, sculpture and dance. This lack of attention cannot be explained by poor performance; African architectural history is rich in depth and variety and deserves to be better known worldwide.
This website was developed with support from De Twee Snoeken Automatisering in February 2005.
It was translated into French by Vertaalbureau.nl in September 2006.
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