G.b Maza Today

Arguably Maza’s most famous work. The bench appears to be a solid concrete block that has been violently snapped in half, with a deep crevice in the middle. In that crevice, a hand-woven cord of magenta and gold stretches across the gap. The bench forces two people to sit at a slight angle, facing one another, promoting conversation. It is permanently installed in the lobby of the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.

A room divider unlike any other. Carved from local iroko wood, the screen looks solid from the front, but when you move to the side, you realize thousands of micro-slits have been cut in a specific rhythm, allowing air to pass through while blocking light. It was a response to rising temperatures in urban Lagos, solving a problem no air conditioner could: passive cooling.

As of 2025, G.B Maza is embarking on their most ambitious project yet: The Living Archive. Instead of a museum, Maza is building a residency program in the rain-forests of Gabon. Here, 20 young architects from across the continent will live for two years without access to the internet.

"We have lost the memory of building without computers," Maza explains. "The Afrikan Digital is fine for banking. But for building a table that holds your family's grief and joy? You need your hands and the wind." g.b maza

The residency will produce no "art for sale" during the first two years. Instead, they will build a functional village, proving that G.B Maza’s philosophy is not a trend, but a template for a sustainable future.

In the landscape of Northern Nigerian intellectual history, the post-independence era was defined by a unique blend of traditional storytelling and modern Western education. Bridging these two worlds required figures who understood the power of the spoken word both in the village square and the radio studio. Godwin B. Maza (often cited as G.B. Maza) stands as one such figure—a dramatist, broadcaster, and educator whose work in the 1970s and 80s helped codify modern Nigerian theatre.

While he does not possess the global celebrity of a Wole Soyinka or a Chinua Achebe, Maza’s contribution is vital to understanding the development of regional Nigerian literature, particularly in the Middle Belt region. Arguably Maza’s most famous work

Named after Maza’s grandmother, this piece is a towering armoire made of compressed recycled paper and wood pulp, painted with natural black dye. The doors feature a geometric pattern that doubles as a QR code—a modern twist—linking to oral histories of the Maza family lineage. Only three were ever made.

G.B. Maza spent much of his professional career in the civil service, specifically within the Ministry of Information and broadcasting corporations. Like many of his contemporaries, the radio was his first theatre. In an era where television was a luxury and literacy rates were fluctuating, radio drama became the primary vehicle for social commentary and education.

Maza utilized this medium to craft plays that were accessible to the common man. His scripts often blended English with Pidgin or indigenous languages, reflecting the linguistic reality of his audience. This work established him not just as an entertainer, but as a "development communicator"—using drama to spread messages about hygiene, civic duty, and social cohesion. The bench forces two people to sit at

To understand G.B. Maza’s work, one must look at three recurring themes that defined his writing:

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