Mariam Issoufou

Architect Mariam Issoufou has always been very ambivalent about museums: ‘Who decided that the only way to look at art is inside this intimidating, grand building, full of looted objects? For me, they are where history goes to die’. So she was sceptical about accepting the job of designing a new museum in the city of Tambacounda, Senegal. Will she succeed in creating a museum that breaks the mould?