The team.

The Biennale is powered by a global, multidisciplinary team working across research, design, education, and strategy. Their collaboration embodies the Biennale’s ethos, uniting diverse perspectives to envision how Africa’s architectural intelligence, cultural depth, and creative innovation can shape a more equitable and sustainable global future.

  • Omar degan

    Italy-Somalia

    HEAD CURATOR

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  • Lise Isaro

    Rwanda

    CURATORIAL COORDINATOR

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  • ADWOA OSEI

    United Kingdom - Ghana

    DIRECTOR, STRATEGY AND DELIVERY

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  • Shaudzirai Mudekunye

    South Africa

    MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND CREATIVE STRATEGY

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  • Keza Gatari

    Rwanda

    MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND CREATIVE STRATEGY

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  • ANNA SEIFU

    United Kingdom - Ethiopia

    FUNDRAISING STRATEGIST

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  • FATOUMATA DIALLO

    United States-Guinea

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

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  • YOLANDA HAMLETT

    South Africa

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

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  • ABIGAIL ROTICH

    United States - Kenya

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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  • Kian Luis Amin

    Germany - Sudan - Iran

    CURATORIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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  • ZAKIYYAH HAFFEJEE

    South Africa

    CURATORIAL LEAD

    Spatial Justice and Territorial Politics

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  • Samira Aden

    Germany - Somalia

    CURATORIAL LEAD

    Energy and Material Futures

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  • FEVEN ZERU

    Germany - Ethiopia

    CURATORIAL LEAD

    Curatorial Lead in African Modernity and Spatial Agency

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  • Marthe Nachtman

    France - Czech Republic - Senegal

    GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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