Responses to terrorist attacks in northern Nigeria are often insufficient, leaving people stuck in refugee camps with poorly constructed housing. After a terrorist attack on Ngarannam in 2014, the United Nations Development Programme and Nigeria’s resident representative of the organization, Mohamed Yahya, sought a more permanent solution. So they brought in Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo to design a new town that would give the community pride of ownership. Photo 1 of 11 in How One Architect Helped Imagine a Better Future for a Nigerian Village in Crisis

How One Architect Helped Imagine a Better Future for a Nigerian Village in Crisis

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Responses to terrorist attacks in northern Nigeria are often insufficient, leaving people stuck in refugee camps with poorly constructed housing. After a terrorist attack on Ngarannam in 2014, the United Nations Development Programme and Nigeria’s resident representative of the organization, Mohamed Yahya, sought a more permanent solution. So they brought in Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo to design a new town that would give the community pride of ownership.