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Najha Zigbi-Johnson is an independent writer, educator and cultural curator. Her work explores the intersections of the built environment, contemporary art, and social-movement history. She currently teaches at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, and was formerly the Director of Institutional Advancement at The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Her work has been published by The Cut, New York Magazine, ARTnews, Artforum, Volume Gallery and more. Najha holds a BS and MTS in African and African American comparative religious histories from Guilford College and Harvard Divinity School. She was also a 2021–2022 Community Fellow at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. Najha was raised in and currently resides in Harlem.
Such critical reframing of Malcolm X’s complex legacy warps a traditional sense of place, reminding us of our capacity to wholly transform the physical structures we inhabit through daily acts of defiance. -- Shameekia Shantel Johnson * hyperallergic * Mapping Malcolm reorients us, granting access to this daunting historical figure not only through time but in space, not only during his lifespan but in the present. -- Rachel Hunter Himes * New York Review of Architecture *
