Essays

Governance and the Engineering of Memory: BRONZE, IVORY AND WOOD

Governance and the Engineering of Memory: BRONZE, IVORY AND WOOD

African societies built memory so deliberately that no one could erase it. By Oriiz U Onuwaje Oriiz shows us how African societies deliberately built memory right into their surroundings. They used design thinking as a way to survive, weaving authority, lineage and continuity into bronze, ivory and wood. What we now admire as art started […]

02 Feb 2026 / Read more...
Rhythm: Retailing and Democratising Memory

Rhythm: Retailing and Democratising Memory

By Oriiz U Onuwaje Oriiz presents Rhythm as a means of keeping traditions alive, showing how people remember and share what they cannot easily put into writing. Across Africa, rhythm acts as an archive, a form of governance, and a social bond, carrying memory in a way everyone can access, repeat, and protect. Rhythm is […]

26 Jan 2026 / Read more...
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