Today on #Springboard, Your #VirtualUniversity we continue our anniversary series, Thinkathon with Dr. Kuukuwa Manful, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan. She shares groundbreaking ideas on redefining African architecture, building sustainably, and protecting Africa’s heritage for generations to come. Her insights will change the way you think about our spaces and our history.

A Day in Ann Arbor with Taubman College's Assistant Professor of Architecture Kuukuwa Manful

“Architect and academic Kuukuwa Manful explains the history of rammed earth and how European colonial authorities discouraged indigenous African building styles.”

Kuukuwa Manful joined Taubman College as an assistant professor of architecture in the fall of 2023, but her connection to the college goes back much further. As a student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, she came to Taubman College in 2008 as part of the UM-KNUST West African Design Studio Exchange — StudioAFRICA. Soon, Professor Manful will be starting a new chapter in the legacy that the program began.