Slade Lecture 2026: Urban Change and Representation - Lecture 4
11th February 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Accra and Kumasi: Architecture and Decolonization
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wednesday 11 February
Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford
(Free Admission)
After the election of Kwame Nkrumah as president of the Republic of Ghana in 1960, Ghanaian architects explored new building models that were both modern and culturally sensitive, alongside foreign architects attracted to the vibrant cosmopolitan environment.