United Africa Company Archival Work: a quick update

We’ve been making good progress on our latest research on the UAC architecture. Here’s a quick selection of material from our recent twitter feeds. Next week we’ll be joined by Dr. Michele Tenzon which will finally bring the entire research team together in one place. You can expect to see some of Michele’s maps and visual representations of the UAC activity here very soon.

Corrugated iron mosque, Bansang Gambia. C1958.

From a collection of photographs taken by the United Africa Company @LivUniArch @iaindjackson @RixtWoudstra

Originally tweeted by Ewan Harrison (@EwanMHarrison) on September 22, 2021.

Housing for Director General and ‘European managers’ of United Africa Company, Abidjan. @iaindjackson @RixtWoudstra pic.twitter.com/CHYMp36ydC

— Ewan Harrison (@EwanMHarrison) September 22, 2021

Some photographs of houses in Kano and zaria – including an interior shot of the Emir’s Palace. From a series of images collected by the United Africa Company pic.twitter.com/FOtiWmIzuG

— Ewan Harrison (@EwanMHarrison) September 27, 2021

Design for the new, upscale Kingsway Store in Apapa, Lagos, in the early ‘60s, right after Independence. The British-owned United Africa Company built Kingsway Stores across West Africa, selling British products @EwanMHarrison @iaindjackson @LivUniArch pic.twitter.com/Bu63iV83wG

— Rixt Woudstra (@RixtWoudstra) September 29, 2021

It’s a major design departure from the old Kingsway on Lagos Marina. Any ideas who designed this building? #UacArchive #Lagos #Kingsway

Originally tweeted by iainjackson (@iaindjackson) on September 30, 2021.