Carole Diop et Nzinga Mboup

Carole Diop is the founder of the magazine Afrikadaa. This young architect graduated from ENSAPVS and now works in Dakar where she settled after her studies. Carole Diop presides over the Afrikadaa association in Dakar, which actively participates in Senegalese cultural life, notably through its participation in the Partcours since 2015 and several participations in the Dakar Biennale. In 2018 she initiated with a fellow architect, Nzinga Mboup, Dakarmorphose, a research work focused on the genesis of the city of Dakar and its metamorphoses. For the past few years, Carole has been offering the public the opportunity to rediscover the city of Dakar through Architectural Walks, whether it be the Plateau, the Point-e or the Medina, she allows us all to reappropriate this space by knowing its history better. Today she teaches architectural history at the University College of Architecture of Dakar (CUAD) and cartography at the Pan-African Polytechnic Institute (IPP-DAKAR). Carole also represented Senegal at the World Forum of Young Architects in 2015.

Nzinga Biegueng Mboup is a Dakar-based, registered Senegalese architect who studied at the University of Pretoria and worked for two years in Johannesburg. She then continued with a Masters in Architecture at the University of Westminster in London and subsequentely worked for three years at Adjaye Associates, predominantly on the IFC headquarters in Dakar. In 2019, she co-founded Worofila an architectural practice specialized in bioclimatic design and construction using earth and biomaterials sourced locally. The aim of Worofila is to promote an architecture that is durable and in harmony with the climate. Worofila has realised various earth projects such as the Sendou home, the Ngor house and the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with Kéré Architecture
 
In addition to her architectural practice, Nzinga has been a researcher for the African Futures Institute since 2022 and has co-authored two research projects. The first one called Dakarmorphose started in 2017 in collaboration with Carole Diop, is an ongoing research project on the evolution of Lebu villages and the urban and cultural heritage of the city of Dakar. Dakarmorphose was exhibited at the Dakar Art Biennale of 2018 and 2022 and has informed various papers and conferences.  The second research project called Habiter Dakar, started in 2019 in collaboration with Caroline Geffriaud and the Goethe-institut Dakar, focusing on the evolution and problematics of housing in Dakar.