“The equation for so long has been that Africa is too poor, too underprivileged, too whatever to offer much to architecture. I think that the equation is the exact opposite. I think these conditions are so rich, so complex, so avant-garde.” From ‘What if Africa, not Europe,’ my profile of Lesley Lokko, architectural academic and curator of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. Out now in the latest print edition of @harvarddesignmagazine #HDM50 #lesleylokko #harvardgsd #outnow #newnarrative #salaelisepatterson