Adansisem

/ɑːdɑːnsɪsɛm/ n. of Ghanaian Architecture Theory and Practice. (From anansesɛm: Ananse stories, and adansi: building)

[Accra Architecture Archive @Accra_Archive]

Have you registered to compete in the #imaginingEarlyAccra competition yet?

Remember, registration is free, and you have to register by 20th March, 2020. This competition is open to people of all ages who are currently resident in Ghana.

https://t.co/OTFkHpWJ5f

[Accra Architecture Archive @Accra_Archive]

We - @Accra_Archive - are looking for some interns!
For more info and how to apply, see: https://t.co/tBFj1cWVMz

[Accra Architecture Archive @Accra_Archive]

Read: An insightful glimpse into life in Nigeria through the archives of B.A. Ehikhamenor - "a relentless keeper of records and photographs that preserve intimate memories of Nigeria’s tumultuous post-colonial transition" by @victorsozaboy

https://t.co/YSMruMgsug

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

Image: Accra Architectural Archive, bEA. @Accra_Archive
Las Palmas Chop Bar, Accra
@adansisem
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@goethejoburg @kuukuwa_
#archiveofforgetfulness #goetheinstitute #mobility #movement #africa #borders #callforartists

[.moshood. @omodudumoshood]

.a few months ago, @Kuukuwa_ (& other members of the @Accra_Archive team) answered a few questions i had about their undertaking to build an archictural archive of early accra. our interview is out today, here: https://t.co/sSMchTIVpz

[Kuukuwa Manful @Kuukuwa_]

To get one of the free passes, just DM me and tell me about yourself and why you want to attend the @GHGreenSummit #ggbs20 (By 4pm Ghana time, please)

[Kuukuwa Manful @Kuukuwa_]

I'm looking forward to sharing my knowledge - from design research, archives and my architectural practice - about Green Architecture in Africa.

I have a couple of All-Access Passes available for students/ recent grads who want to attend this virtual summit but can't afford to.

[Project 1957 🇬🇭 @Project1957]

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR COLLABORATOR+HOST @KirstieKwarteng of @TheNanaProject

AND OUR INCREDIBLE PANELLISTS

@Kuukuwa__
Co-Founder+Curator @Accra_Archive @adansisem

@PaulinaNkansah
Curator @AnOdetoHighlife

SYLVIA ARTHUR
Founder @loatad_org

RITA M. BENISSAN
Founder @si_hene

[The Nana Project @TheNanaProject]

Many thanks to our wonderful panelists for sharing their knowledge with us! @RitaMawuena of @si_hene, @Kuukuwa_ of @Accra_Archive & @adansisem, @PaulinaNkansah of @AnOdetoHighlife, & Sylvia Arthur of @loatad_org

[Project 1957 🇬🇭 @Project1957]

@TheNanaProject . ‼️TOMORROW‼️2pm EST | 7pm BST

Preserving Our Past in the Present

https://t.co/vGK2uHK0vO

PANELISTS

KUUKUWA MANFUL
Co-Founder+Curator @Accra_Archive @adansisem

SYLVIA ARTHUR
Founder @loatad_org

PAULINA NKANSAH
Curator @AnOdetoHighlife

RITA M. BENISSAN
Founder @si_hene

[Adansisem @adansisem]

The Aban was a grand building constructed to display the wealth, gifts and military might of the Asante Kingdom. It was looted and destroyed in 1874 by the British in one of their battles for control over the Gold Coast.

https://t.co/WjRb2ZsWzF

[Accra Architecture Archive @Accra_Archive]

From 1958 to 1965, the national currency of #Ghana was called the ‘Ghanaian Pound’.

1 Ghanaian Pound was worth about 3 US dollars, and was equal in value to the pound sterling.

See more: https://t.co/cBDJRu9b1B

[Accra Architecture Archive @Accra_Archive]

(48 years ago. Not 28!)

[Accra Architecture Archive @Accra_Archive]

On this day 28 years ago, Kwame Nkrumah died in Romania.

In this photograph from 1960, he is looking at the newly-constructed @CPPGhanaOnline headquarters. The building was designed by Architect Dr Victor Adegbite.

[Adansisem @adansisem]

Accra Furqan, Ghana, 2010s

[Ottoman Imperial Archives @OttomanArchive]

Sultan Ahmed Camii I Mosque, İstanbul, 1890s

[Tippet Rise @TippetRise]

Have you heard our latest podcast? Making Xylem: Circles, Senses and Community, explores the making of @fuergando's new pavilion at #TippetRise. Photo of Xylem from above by @epetersenphoto.

https://t.co/SXoeYEKrf1

[Adansisem @adansisem]

Cape Coast Castle.
Ghana.
📷: @s_tage
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One of the largest fortified trading posts built on the coast of present-day Ghana by Europeans involved in slave-trading and other… https://t.co/mt5KtSJyHL

[Accra We Dey @AccraWeDey]

📍Labadi Studio.

📅 25/08/2018

⚡️@attukwei @NanaSirOsei

#ThisWeekendInAccra #Accra #AccraWeDey

[Kéré Architecture @fuergando]

|Press review| "To his young brothers Francis Kéré tells them to believe in themselves and their creative possibilities, and to always look for solutions." via @Lefaso_net https://t.co/8EVS4nGikz

[Mobius Architecture @mobius_arch]

Day 3 finished early! Interns assembled all planks of the stool after sanding and perfecting the edges and joins; after which they glued and clamped the pieces! Amazing stuff!
#MobiusCube
#MenAtWork
#GrindDay