Lesley Lokko and Architectural History: White Lies, Black Absence

Matri-Archi(tecture)

This MA episode was in fact the very first article ever released by Matri-Archi and inspired by architect, writer and critic Professor Lesley Lokko. In response to the political turbulence of decolonial student movements at the University of Cape Town and other institutions across the South African landscape; this episode hones in on the insight of Prof.Lokko when attempting to dissect and absence of African narratives in a predominantly white and Western-centric architectural education. Lesley Lokko has focused her critique around relationships on architecture, globalisation and cultural identity. The episode explores the idea of honing into local archival methods and practices as a means to retain local spatial knowledge. This episode is narrated by the thoughts of MA researcher, Khensani de Klerk and was originally published on March 5th 2017.