ROOTS & ROOFS

MUD, MEMORY, AND MEANING (THE LOST ARCHITECTURE OF BENIN) by Taribo Sunday Ariaye & Anedu Isioma Chukwudalu

At the Roots and Roofs Final Showcase, Mud, Memory, and Meaning brought the architectural heritage of the Benin Kingdom into physical form. Handmade mud blocks were assembled on-site to create a building structure, accompanied by a pictorial representation imagining an entire community built with mud architecture. Detailed photographs of the blocks and their making further highlighted the materials, techniques and indigenous knowledge behind Benin’s traditional built environment.

Roots and Roofs Project is an initiative of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) @cbaac77 implemented in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Nigeria @goetheinstitut_nigeria , British Council @ngbritish , Embassy of Spain @embespnigeria , Embassy of Ireland @irlembnigeria , National Troupe of Nigeria @national_troupe_of_nigeria ,The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies @theiads_

Roots and Roofs is supported by Spaces of Culture, part of the wider Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture programme funded by the European Union @eunicglobal . The programme encourages cooperation between African and European artists, creators, and cultural professionals, supporting cultural relations projects in Sub-Saharan African countries based on equal partnerships and local ownership.