Africa's buildings : architecture and the displacement of cultural heritage / Itohan I. Osayimwese.

Main entry:

Osayimwese, Itohan, author.

Title & Author:

Africa's buildings : architecture and the displacement of cultural heritage / Itohan I. Osayimwese.

Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2025]
©2025

Description:

vii, 255 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-241) and index.
Museums and the architecture of restitution -- Ornament and crime -- Structure and destruction -- "Anonymous has a name" : unspecified building parts in Western collections -- Coda. The exquisite corpse.

Summary:

"Between the nineteenth century and today, colonial officials, collectors, and anthropologists dismembered African buildings and dispersed their parts to museums in Europe and the United States. Most of these artifacts were cataloged as ornamental art objects, which erased their intended functions, and the removal of these objects often had catastrophic consequences for the original structures. Africa's Buildings traces the history of the collection and distribution of African architectural fragments, documenting the brutality of the colonial regimes that looted Africa's buildings and addressing the ethical questions surrounding the display of these objects... Africa's Buildings uncovers the vast scale of cultural displacement perpetrated by the West and proposes a new role for museums in this history, one in which they champion the repatriation of Africa's architectural heritage and restitution for African communities" -- Dust jacket.

ISBN:

9780691251431 (hardcover)
0691251436 (hardcover)
(electronic book)
9780691252469

Subject:

Architecture Destruction and pillage Africa History.
Cultural property Destruction and pillage Africa History.
Imperialism and architecture Africa History.
Cultural property Repatriation Africa.
Cultural property Destruction and pillage Africa.
Architecture Afrique.
Patrimoine culturel Restitution Afrique.
Patrimoine culturel Destruction et pillage Afrique.
Architecture Destruction et pillage Afrique Histoire.
Patrimoine culturel Destruction et pillage Afrique Histoire.
Impérialisme et architecture Afrique Histoire.
Architecture
Cultural property Repatriation
Cultural property Destruction and pillage
Africa

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 325301
Call No.: 325301
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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