Scholars have tended to focus on a small number of UK- and US-trained architects as the first Ghanaian architects. But should the claim that there were “no formally qualified West African architects… available” (Turner, 2024) in the country be taken at face value, be accepted uncritically, and be repeated?

I am making a series of posts on this blog about overlooked African and African-descended architects and architecture before the mind-twentieth century. I focus on the geographical area that is now Ghana, but due to pre-colonial configurations I will occasionally discuss people and work in other countries.