About

I am Jordan Mafumbo — a writer, architect, civil engineer, and researcher, currently residing in Nairobi (Kenya), and of Ugandan nationality; a country with a complex history and a landscape that feels suspended in time.

Practice

I am a senior engineer at JM Architects, an architectural, construction, and interior design practice with branches in the Nairobi. It’s engaged in the aforestated fields, with a focus on thoughtful craftsmanship and sensitive building techniques.

Affiliations

I am a SPAB Fellow (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, UK), an INTBAU Member (International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism), a Commonwealth Heritage Forum Member, an IRCICA Fellow, an INTBAU Belgium Alumnus, a Georgian Group Member, and an Emergent Ventures Fellow.

Crafts & pursuits

Alongside my practical work in architecture and engineering, I pursue, to a skilled extent, architectural film photography, makuti roof weaving, coral stone quarrying, sand mining, wood carving, and tile hand-crafting.

Research interests

I maintain longstanding research interests in philosophy, aesthetics, economics, and literature; in the works of Juan Rulfo, Martin Heidegger, Al-Mutanabbi, Roger Scruton, Arthur Schopenhauer, Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Molière, Wadada Nabudere, John Mbiti, among others.

This site

Herein lies a collection of assorted writings and selected works.

Contact

You can reach me by email: mafumboj at gmail dot com. My replies are not delayed.

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This site has been running since 2026.