The programme also sees other top creatives such as Zakir Hussain and Crystal Pite who are into music and dance respectively. Literature expert Colm Toíbín also gets to mentor a protégé.

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The mentors are expected to consult and collaborate with their mentees for a period of one year.

David Adjaye's mentee; Mariam Kamara obtained her undergraduate degree at Purdue University in Indiana and holds two master’s degree; one in computer science from New York University, and the other in architecture from the University of Washington. She currently works for united➃design.

Adjaye recently established the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C