PRESS STATEMENT: The Africa Centre Announces Strategic Decision to Sell Its Southwark Building to Secure Its Future
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Africa Centre Announces Strategic Decision to Sell Its Southwark Building to Secure Its Future London, United Kingdom, 28th July 2026 The Board of Trustees of The Africa Centre today announced the difficult but necessary decision to sell the organisation's Southwark building as part of a long-term strategy to secure the future of one of the United Kingdom's most significant African cultural institutions. This decision has not been taken lightly. The Board recognises the profound emotional attachment that generations of Africans, people of African heritage and friends of Africa have to The Africa Centre and its home in Southwark. However, after an extensive review of the organisation's financial position, the Trustees concluded that selling the building is the only responsible course of action to protect the Centre's mission and ensure its long-term sustainability. For more than sixty years, The Africa Centre has stood as a beacon of Afric...
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PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Africa Centre Announces Strategic Decision to Sell Its Southwark Building to Secure Its Future
London, United Kingdom, 28th July 2026
The Board of Trustees of The Africa Centre today announced the difficult but necessary decision to sell the organisation's Southwark building as part of a long-term strategy to secure the future of one of the United Kingdom's most significant African cultural institutions.
This decision has not been taken lightly. The Board recognises the profound emotional attachment that generations of Africans, people of African heritage and friends of Africa have to The Africa Centre and its home in Southwark. However, after an extensive review of the organisation's financial position, the Trustees concluded that selling the building is the only responsible course of action to protect the Centre's mission and ensure its long-term sustainability.
For more than sixty years, The Africa Centre has stood as a beacon of Afric...
