Sierra Leone News: Nigerian architect visits USL

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Past President of the International Union of Architects and a foremost Nigerian Architect, Chief (Prof) Femi Majekodunmi and his entourage over the weekend paid a courtesy call on the authorities of Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone. Majekodunmi, whose mother was Sierra Leonean, came last week for the funeral of his sister Gladys Conteh and took the opportunity to visit USL. The delegation kicked off the courtesy call with an inspection of the near-completed School of Architecture at FBC, which was conceived, designed and built by the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects (SLIA) through donations by local architects but also with support from other sources. The SLIA embarked on this initiative years back to make up for the shortage of qualified architects in Sierra Leone and also to cut down on the prohibitive cost of training architects overseas. At the end of the meeting with the Acting Vice Chancellor of FBC, Lawrence Kamara, the Dean of Engineering & Architecture, Kelleh Mansaray, and a few other senior staff of the university, Chief Majekodunmi donated $5,000 USD towards the new school. He promised to reactivate contacts with Prof Adeyemi, whom he had earlier commissioned to assist with course conceptualization and preparation of a business plan for the architecture program. The visiting Chief also promised to assist in sourcing a Head of Department for the school.

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