In 2009, the Kigali Institute for Science and Technology in Kigali, Rwanda began the first architecture program in the nation's history. In 2011, as part of a theory seminar, visiting professor Yutaka Sho had students create poems and photographic studies of their country, using the George Ella Lyon poem "Where I am From" as an inspiration.
In 2014, these students began to graduate and start their careers. In this series, Flavia Gwiza, Apiane Ndorimana, Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, Justin Twizere and Brian Cyogere tell us where they are from, their journey's through architecture in africa and its resultant influence. Here are the poems in a video shot by Alex MacInnis
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