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Germane Barnes on architecture, race, urban design and Venice Biennale

On Design with Justyna Green

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The History of the Porch

Porches are distinctly a West African creation. They started as the combat K-O-M-B-E-T, found its way into Haiti and sort of the Caribbean and became the TK - T-I-K-A-Y. The porch just became an extension of the home for Black people who didn't have much space inside their homes.

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