This is the preface to the published proceedings of the ArchiAfrika 2005 Conference, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between July 27 and 29.
Individual papers from the conference can be browsed
here, with links (where available) to related materials in the ArchNet Digital Library. The conference proceedings are also available as a single PDF file on the ArchiAfrika website at
archiafrika.org.
Hilde Heynen is a professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.
Heynen, Hilde. 2005. "A Challenging Encounter." ArchiAfrika Conference Proceedings: Modern Architecture in East Africa around Independence (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 27-29), 9-10.