WEST AFRICA ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL (WAAF) 2016 ENDS TODAY IN PORTHARCOURT

The West African Architecture Festival is currently happening at the Obi Wali International Conference Center, in the Garden City of Portharcourt. It will hold from the 24th to 28th of October 2016. Nigerian architects and their counterparts from other countries are currently in Portharcourt in hordes enjoying the festival. Architects from Ghana. Liberia, United States, UK, South Africa and Germany are well represented.

Keynote speakers are Architect Rem Koolhaas, artist and builder Demas Nwoko and Bishop Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Arch Bishop of Sokoto diocese. Arc Lanre Olusola who is live at the venue reported thus "Absolutely wonderful: 15 countries well represented at the last count. 92 years old Prof. Demas Nwoko gave a standing ovation lecture and attended the home hospitality @ Sen. George Sekibo's residence. Lots more too numerous to count, oh, did I forget the Brass Band and the Real Brass Band? Even the comperes were wonderful, as well as the students. I guess awesome is the right word for the festival."

Obi Wali Conference Center. Venue of the festival

Arc Lanre Olusol and Ninah Briggs.      image c Lanre Olusola

Even the entertainment and dances is top class

Arc Oka Amogu wrote in " I am attending WAAF 2016 right now. We just enjoyed an expository yesterday on old Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Kanem Bornu, Benin, etc. and rhythm and spiritual in our art and architecture by a Professor of Architecture... That's why you should make yourself available at such fora..."