Brook Abebe

Read the Street Before the Masterplan

Plan is a declaration of intent, and the street reveals what the system can achieve. Urban interventions often fail when streets are redesigned before...

How to Read African Cities: Intro

This handbook focuses on a method for reading African cities before any interventions.It does not accept everything that exists as positive but rejects the...

The gold isn’t sparkling; it is trying.

The gold isn't sparkling; it is trying.

The Danger of Africa’s Copy-Paste Development

A nation that builds by copying will always arrive late. Africa's mistake is trusting that it can import development.For decades, the continent learnt...

Die or Become

To die is not just to perish physically, but to remain stagnant, to let potential spirit or society slowly wither in outdated ways.Die or...

Education Is Dead in Africa

Education in Africa still exists as an institution, but its system is dead. The curriculum is designed for recall, not reasoning. The classes are one-way....

Losing the fire

The fire within drives your work. The fire outside refines it. A leader needs both.The fire outside tests what you built.It tests the durability...

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