AA alumnus Richard Adetokunbo Aina wins RIBA Dissertation Medal 2021

Diploma 6 graduate Richard Adetokunbo Aina has been awarded the RIBA Dissertation Medal 2021 for his thesis titled A Culture of Craft: West Africa UNObjectified.

Aina’s thesis explores how and why particular objects were crafted by West African tribes and the various infrastructures that have existed and persist in allowing these sacred objects to be estranged from their socio-religious premise.

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Image: A Culture of Craft: West Africa UNObjectified, 2021. Image courtesy of Richard Adetokunbo Aina