by TIMI AKINDELE-AJANI
Timi Akindele-Ajani documents a group of Black Londoners who built their own homes in the 1990s
The film, commissioned by the Architecture Foundation, highlights the persistent housing discrimination faced by Black British communities.
Nubia Way was built in the 1990s by Fusions Jameen, London’s first black housing co-operative in Downham, Lewisham. Constructed using the principles of Walter Segal, self-builders were offered long-term discounted rents in return for building the homes. Through interviews with the original self-builders, historians, architects and economists, this new documentary from the Architecture Foundation celebrates the legacy of Nubia Way and examines self-building as an act of resistance against the housing discrimination faced by Black British Communities.
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