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Àbá ìṣàkóso ohun ìṣẹ̀ǹbáyé dá lórí ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò tí ó ní àtò àgbékalẹ̀ ṣókí ajẹmáwòrán ilé gẹ́gẹ́ bí ti agbègbe àti sàkání agbára. Lẹ́yìn tí a bá ti ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ ṣókí náà nípa àǹfààní ìkọ̀kọ̀/bòńkẹ́lẹ́, tí a sì sọ wọ́n di ohun èlò ìṣẹ̀dá tó níye, tí ó ń ṣe àmúró àtò àìdọ́gba, nípa ìlàkàkà láti mú kí ìṣe ẹ̀ka-ìmọ̀ náà parẹ́ pátápátá.

Ní ìlànà ìṣàkóso ohun ìṣẹ̀ǹbáyé, àwọn alájọmójútó ohun ìṣẹ̀ǹbáyé ti ilẹ̀ Áfíríkà mẹ́rin dá àbá àgbékalẹ̀ ṣókí tiwọn láàrín àgbékalẹ̀ ṣókí ti Saison Africa2020. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí èrò ti àjọ ètò owó pàṣípààrọ̀, wọ́n ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ pẹpẹ kan lórí ẹ̀rọ ayélujára gẹ́gẹ́ bí agbo ìmọ̀ àti ìṣèdá tó níye nípasẹ̀ àwọn alábápàdé tímọ́tímọ́ pẹ̀lú àwọn pàṣípààrọ̀. Ọ̀wọ́ àwọn òfin kan tí àgbékalẹ̀ ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn jẹ́ ìpè-àti-ìfèsì ń pe àwọn ajẹ́jọ́ ní ṣísẹ̀ntẹ̀lẹ́ láti ṣe ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò kí wọ́n sì jùmọ̀ ṣe àtò àgbékalẹ̀ ṣókí ti ajẹmáwòrán ilé ní ìmọ̀ tàbí àkóónú ìpèsè òfin ìjọba nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń ṣe àmúlò oríṣiríṣi ìwọ̀n àti àwọn ọ̀nà ìní, àmúṣe àti ìṣojú.

Àwọn ajẹ́jọ́ jẹ́ àwọn obìnrin ọmọ ilẹ̀ Áfíríkà aṣàtìpódọmọonílẹ̀ àti aláròjinlẹ̀ ẹ̀dá; ìtàn ìlànà ìkànìyàn àtìgbàdégbà tí a yọ kúrò nínú àmúlò ìṣẹ̀dá ìmọ̀ ṣùgbọ́n tí ìlànà àmúṣe ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ bí ọ̀gọ̀ọ̀rọ̀ ìrísí àti ìhùwàsí ti àdáṣe ayé/iṣẹ́ àgbàríjọṣe.

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“Àwọn àlá tí kò lè ṣẹ, èyí tí kò fi ohun tí a jẹ́ hàn, bí kò ṣe àfihan èrò ọkàn àwọn aláwọ̀ funfun lásán. Wọ́n jẹ́ abala ìmọ̀ ara ẹni àwọn aláwọ̀ funfun tí wọ́n kọ̀ sílẹ̀ èyí tí wọ́n wá ṣe àtúnfihàn sí wa, bí ẹni pé wọ́n jẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a le fi ògún rẹ̀ gbárí àti ìrísí tí kò lábàwọ́n nípa ara wa. Àmọ́ sáá o, wọn kì í ṣẹ ohun tí ó jẹ wá lógún.” ― Grada Kilomba

Ẹ̀yin ọ̀rẹ́ àti akẹgbẹ́ (wa),

Nígbà tí a bá ní láti ṣe ògbufọ̀ fún àtò àgbékalẹ̀ ṣókí ti ajẹmáwòrán ilé ti Saison Africa2020, saay/yaas ní ìsípayá nípa ìlànà tí ó mọ rírì ọ̀nà ìṣàlàyé, ìfaradà àti àkoónú àtọwọ́ọ́dá àwọn Áfíríkà àti aṣàtìpódọmọonílẹ̀, nípa pípèsè àtakò tó fẹsẹ̀ rinlẹ̀ sí èrò òdì tó dá yàtọ̀ nípa Áfíríkà ní ṣíńsẹ̀tẹ̀lé “...láti ṣàlàyé fún àwọn tí ó ní àǹfàní láti má ní òye” saay/yaas ṣe àtò àfihàn “sàn-án” láti jẹ́ abala/apá ìrísí ìfihàn tó wà lójú kan pẹ̀lú gbèdéke àti díndín àtakò. Ní ìfèsì, a ṣe ìdásílẹ̀ ìtàkùn ònídíjítà níbí.

Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀-apọ́nlé tí ṣe le “pọ́n tàbí yán ọ̀rọ̀-àpèjúwe”, “ṣísàlàyé ìbáṣepọ̀ ibi, àkókò, sábàbí, ibá, ìdí, ìpele, abbl.”, ìlò ọ̀rọ̀ yìí nínú àkọ́lé níbí, ṣe é kà gẹ́gẹ́ bí òun, níbí, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, a lè yà bàrà sí àwọn ìbáṣepọ̀ tó ta kókó ní ìgbà àti àkókò tí ó wà nínú kíkọ́ àṣà ìyàwòrán ilé gẹ́gẹ́ bí obìnrin àti ọmọ Áfíríkà/aṣàtìpódọmọonílẹ̀ ní àwùjọ tí ó jẹ́ kìkì ọkùnrin aláwọ̀ funfun ni ó ní àǹfàní ètò ọrọ̀ ajé àti àtò ìkóra-ẹni níjánu ní ẹ̀ka ìyàwòrán ilé tí ó gùnlé ti ìhà ìwọ̀-oòrùn àgbáyé.

Èyí jẹ́ alàyè àwọn èrò àtìgbàdégbà tí ó máa ń yí pàdà lóòrèkóòrè, àwọn ohun àmúwọlé tí ó níye lórí, tí ó ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ àwọn ìbéèrè tí ó rọ̀ mọ́ ọ̀gọ̀ọ̀rọ̀ òye àti àtò ṣíṣiṣẹ ayàwòrán ilé láti ìgbà wọ̀n-ọnnì wá nínú ìfọ̀rọ̀wérọ̀ ìgbà gbogbo pẹ̀lú àwọn ìbáṣepọ̀, ìrírí, ipò àti òye pàtó tí ó jẹmọ́ Áfíríkà àti àwọn aṣàtìpódọmọonílẹ̀. Ojú òpó náà ṣe àgbéyèwò bí ó ti ṣe pàtàkì láti ṣe àpéjọ ìta gbangba níbi tí ìfikùnlukùn àti àmúgbòòrò àwujọ àwọn obìnrin adúláwọ̀ níbí ó bá ṣe lè gbòòrò tó, awọn àdáṣe ayé àti ìṣe ti ohun ìní àdápinu ẹni.

A pè ọ́ láti ṣe àtọwọ́dá “ṣekárími” tìrẹ nípa ṣíṣe àgbékalẹ̀ iṣẹ́, èrò, ìtọ́kasí, inú dídùn, ìbẹ̀rù, àròjinlẹ̀, ìmọ̀ràn (àfojúrí, ohùn tàbí àkọsílẹ̀), iṣẹ́ tí a ti ṣetán tàbí èyí tí a kò tí ì ṣetán tàbí èyí tí a ń gbèrò, ìbéèrè, àlàyé tàbí àtakò èrò ẹlòmíràn tí kò ní gbèdéke tàbí àyọrísí. A lè ṣe àfihàn àwọn nkàn wọ̀nyí ní gbangba tàbí ní kọ̀rọ̀ láìdárúkọ ẹni. O lè farahàn bí olùyàwòrán ilé, àjùmọ̀ṣe, ọlọ́wọ̀ọ́ tàbí aládàáṣe. Ẹ̀wẹ̀, nídàkejì, a pè ọ́ láti pe àwọn elòmíràn láàárín àjọ Áfíríkà/ aṣàtìpódọmọonílẹ̀ láti ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ tiwọn náà, nípa báyìí, kí wọ́n mú àwọn olóye rẹpẹtẹ àti àwọn alàdàáṣiṣẹ́ tí a le lò ní ọ̀nà tí ó gbòòrò jùlọ nínú àtò ajẹmọ-ìyàwòrán ilé àti àdáṣe ayé àti àmúṣe ti ohun ìní àdápinu ẹni wá sí àwùjọ.

This platform responds to the urgent need to gather an open, interactive, and expanding community of black women engaged in the broadest possible range of self-determined acts and operations within the disciplines of architecture and urban design, and within the discourse of all spatial practices.

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Who are we

Anna Abengowe | Nigeria, England | architect, pedagogue, designer, expositor, traveler, searcher, voice-finder, curious, interested, joker, aunty

Anna Nnenna Abengowe was appointed Deputy Director and Academic Lead at the Graduate School of Architecture (GSA), University of Johannesburg in 2022. She holds an M Arch from Princeton University School of Architecture. She pursues the development of new areas and platforms of pedagogy, research, and practice that are current and transnationally relevant to the built environment of architecture, urbanity, and related spatial practices on the African continent. She is a cofounder of the saay/yaas curatorial collective and creative co-director of the he(r)e, otherwise digital platform (2021). She is the co-recipient of a 2022 Graham Foundation Grant. She has been published in Architectural Guide: Sub-Saharan Africa (DOM 2021) and E-Flux (2022). She is a design associate at the Institute for Creative Repair (ICR), an advisory contributor at matri-archi, and an academic advisor at the African Futures Institute (AFI). She resides in Johannesburg.

Patti Anahory | Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Principe, Brooklyn | architect, independent curator, collaborator, commentator, observer, designer, mother…

Patti Anahory is an architect whose work spans building design, art, education, and curatorial research-based practices. She holds a Master’s in Architecture from Princeton University and a professional architecture degree from the Boston Architectural College.

She is interested in interrogating predominant narratives of identity and belonging across spatial practices, particularly from an African island perspective, and is committed to creating independent, multidisciplinary, collaborative platforms and spaces for ideation, experimentation, documentation, dissemination, and research on African and Diaspora spatial processes.

Anahory co-founded Storia na Lugar, a storytelling and counter-narrative practice, and is the co-creator of the experimental architectural and curatorial platform her(e), otherwise. She serves as an Academic Advisor at the African Futures Institute and was a Visiting Professor at Columbia University (2022–23). She co-authored the book Panorama da Arquitetura Habitacional em Cabo Verde (2022) and is featured in 100 Women: Architects in Practice (2024).

Mawena Yehouessi | Benin, Togo, Senegal, France | researcher, practitioner, curator, writer/translator, collusionist, avatar, lover, sister, and child

Born in 1990 in Cotonou (Benin), Mawena Yehouessi is an art curator and searcher/ practitioner in Arts and philosophy (PhD fellow @ Villa Arson / Université Côte d’Azur).

Founder of the Black(s) to the Future collective, she lives and works between Nice and Paris (France). Also trained in cultural projects management and contemporary dance, she belongs to this generation of unclassifiable or downgraded?-beings whose practices & jobs are a mash-up of slashes. In particular interested in alter-futurisms and poïethics, she also develops an exploratory, prospective, and collusion/collage art practice through her avatar M.Y.

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