Born: 1978 (circa), Guinea-Bissau (assumed)
Died: NA
Country most active: Guinea-Bissau
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from Women Architects Worldwide: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Canon by Aubree Tillett, edited by Aubree Tillett and Jess Ilias, an open-access Pressbook designed to uplift the names of women architects from almost every country and territory around the world. This entry is shared in line with the Creative Commons licensing.
Djamila Mary P. Gomes is the CEO of Arkikasa Sarl, an architectural firm located in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (2025–). She holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture and urbanism from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janerio, Brazil (2003). Gomes gained professional experience working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Agency (2016–2017), as a supply chain monitor in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Guinea-Bissau (2017–2023), and as a director at Conselho Nacional dos Carregadores in Guinea-Bissau (2023–2025). She also worked an adjunct professor at the Universidade Amilcar Cabral in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (2003–2006). Among her other accomplishments, Gomes was quoted in an Al Jazeera article about historical architecture in Guinea-Bissau.
References
Arkikasa Sarl | Bissau. Facebook. Accessed June 24, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/ArkikasaSarl.
Gomes, Djamila. LinkedIn. Accessed June 24, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/djamila-mary-gomes/?locale=en_US.
Shryock, Ricci. “Crumbling Architecture of Former Narco-State in Bissau. Al Jazeera, December 28, 2017. https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2017/12/28/crumbling-architecture-of-former-narco-state-in-bissau.