Architect and novelist Lesley Lokko, the founder and director of the African Futures Institute and the curator of this year\u2019s Venice Architecture Biennale, discusses how, for her, the rich context of Africa has always served as a \u201ctesting ground for ideas\u201d about the future; why she has become disenchanted with the academic establishment over time; and how architects serve as translators between the imaginary and the real.\n\nEpisode sponsored by MUD\\WTR. http://www.mudwtr.com/slowdown