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Architecture and Power in Africa
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Two of the most ambitious religious edifices of the 20th century are the Our Lady of Peace Basilica in the West African country of the Ivory Coast and the Hassan II Mosque in Morocco. Nnamdi Elleh not only provides a substantial architectural and pictorial analysis of the buildings themselves. Using these two buildings as case studies, he also investigates questions of national memory, urban form, architectural styles, concepts of democracy, social hierarchies as well as the elites who make the decisions to build Africa's post-independence monuments and capital cities. His book is an exciting synthesis of theoretical and empirical analysis that is bound to stimulate debate about the form and content of post-colonial identities in Africa.
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- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Experiencing the Monuments
- 2. Designing the Monuments and the Cities
- 3. The Leaders, the Monuments, and the Peoples
- Glossary of Select Architectural Terms
- Index