Dr Sechaba Maape

Sechaba Maape, PhD is an architect and senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) School of Architecture and Planning. He is the Director of Afreetekture, an experimental architecture practice focusing on themes of decolonisation, indigenous knowledge and climate change in architecture. Sechaba was born in Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. He studied architecture at Wits where he obtained a Ph.D, and now is currently working on various research projects as well as teaching. He lives in the city of Johannesburg in South Africa, although spends a considerable amount of time visiting ritual sites all over the country.