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Considering the immense diversity of sub-Saharan Africa’s architecture and built realities, does it make sense to speak of an African architecture? How does this differ from architecture in Africa? What does the term architecture actually mean in the African context? And how could these questions be conceptualised while leaving behind pre-existing theoretical moulds and(...)
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Considering the immense diversity of sub-Saharan Africa’s architecture and built realities, does it make sense to speak of an African architecture? How does this differ from architecture in Africa? What does the term architecture actually mean in the African context? And how could these questions be conceptualised while leaving behind pre-existing theoretical moulds and(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
Architecture since 1900, Africa
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November 2021
November 2021
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Theorising architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa: perspectives, questions and concepts
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Considering the immense diversity of sub-Saharan Africa’s architecture and built realities, does it make sense to speak of an African architecture? How does this differ from architecture in Africa? What does the term architecture actually mean in the African context? And how could these questions be conceptualised while leaving behind pre-existing theoretical moulds and biases? Searching for new ways to theorise sub-Saharan African architecture, this collection of 49 essays broadens and develops the discourse around the architecture of a very rapidly changing continent. Its authors – practising architects and renowned scholars – put forward an array of heterogeneous perspectives, question old tropes and emerging narratives, and challenge popular concepts whilst proposing new ones. All with the aim of critically examining and advancing theoretical reflection on African architectures, both on the continent and globally.
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Considering the immense diversity of sub-Saharan Africa’s architecture and built realities, does it make sense to speak of an African architecture? How does this differ from architecture in Africa? What does the term architecture actually mean in the African context? And how could these questions be conceptualised while leaving behind pre-existing theoretical moulds and biases? Searching for new ways to theorise sub-Saharan African architecture, this collection of 49 essays broadens and develops the discourse around the architecture of a very rapidly changing continent. Its authors – practising architects and renowned scholars – put forward an array of heterogeneous perspectives, question old tropes and emerging narratives, and challenge popular concepts whilst proposing new ones. All with the aim of critically examining and advancing theoretical reflection on African architectures, both on the continent and globally.
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African water cities
African water cities
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This volume presents essays, stories, research and photographs showing how African cities by waterfronts deal with two of the most significant trends of our time: urbanization and a changing climate. On the African continent, the impact of climate change is now an everyday reality. Coastal and waterfront cities in particular experience loss and damage due to significant(...)
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This volume presents essays, stories, research and photographs showing how African cities by waterfronts deal with two of the most significant trends of our time: urbanization and a changing climate. On the African continent, the impact of climate change is now an everyday reality. Coastal and waterfront cities in particular experience loss and damage due to significant(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
Architecture since 1900, Africa
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October 2023
October 2023
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African water cities
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This volume presents essays, stories, research and photographs showing how African cities by waterfronts deal with two of the most significant trends of our time: urbanization and a changing climate. On the African continent, the impact of climate change is now an everyday reality. Coastal and waterfront cities in particular experience loss and damage due to significant increases in sea level rise, rainfall and flooding. At the same time, Africa is the second most rapidly urbanizing continent (after Asia). The intersections between water and cities are therefore critical for understanding the future of urban and rural developments in Africa. Through deeper understanding of the innovative and resourceful way of life of informal water communities such as Makoko and coastal cities such as Abidjan, "African water cities" reveals key factors, challenges and opportunities shaping human, physical and economic dynamics.
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This volume presents essays, stories, research and photographs showing how African cities by waterfronts deal with two of the most significant trends of our time: urbanization and a changing climate. On the African continent, the impact of climate change is now an everyday reality. Coastal and waterfront cities in particular experience loss and damage due to significant increases in sea level rise, rainfall and flooding. At the same time, Africa is the second most rapidly urbanizing continent (after Asia). The intersections between water and cities are therefore critical for understanding the future of urban and rural developments in Africa. Through deeper understanding of the innovative and resourceful way of life of informal water communities such as Makoko and coastal cities such as Abidjan, "African water cities" reveals key factors, challenges and opportunities shaping human, physical and economic dynamics.
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October 2023
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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Lorsqu'en 1962 l'Algérie accède à son indépendance, la population hérite d'un espace façonné pendant 132 ans par l'architecture de l'Etat colonial français. De façon inédite dans l'histoire, un peuple va concrètement habiter l'indépendance, en investissant massivement un environnement bâti pour l'exclure, voire lui nuire. Ancré plus particulièrement à Alger, cet ouvrage(...)
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Lorsqu'en 1962 l'Algérie accède à son indépendance, la population hérite d'un espace façonné pendant 132 ans par l'architecture de l'Etat colonial français. De façon inédite dans l'histoire, un peuple va concrètement habiter l'indépendance, en investissant massivement un environnement bâti pour l'exclure, voire lui nuire. Ancré plus particulièrement à Alger, cet ouvrage(...)
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Habiter l'indépendance : Alger, conditions d'une architecture de l'occupation
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Lorsqu'en 1962 l'Algérie accède à son indépendance, la population hérite d'un espace façonné pendant 132 ans par l'architecture de l'Etat colonial français. De façon inédite dans l'histoire, un peuple va concrètement habiter l'indépendance, en investissant massivement un environnement bâti pour l'exclure, voire lui nuire. Ancré plus particulièrement à Alger, cet ouvrage revient sur les conditions d'une expérimentation urbaine et questionne la composante coloniale de l'architecture et de son enseignement, au fil du temps, dans les corpus français comme algériens. Fruit d'une réflexion collective transdisciplinaire qui ose aborder des sujets peu traités, de l'architecture carcérale à la trajectoire de la statuaire coloniale, cette exploration critique de l'aménagement d'Alger entend mettre en lumière les pratiques de la ville par les personnes qui l'habitent.
Habiter l'indépendance : Alger, conditions d'une architecture de l'occupation
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Lorsqu'en 1962 l'Algérie accède à son indépendance, la population hérite d'un espace façonné pendant 132 ans par l'architecture de l'Etat colonial français. De façon inédite dans l'histoire, un peuple va concrètement habiter l'indépendance, en investissant massivement un environnement bâti pour l'exclure, voire lui nuire. Ancré plus particulièrement à Alger, cet ouvrage revient sur les conditions d'une expérimentation urbaine et questionne la composante coloniale de l'architecture et de son enseignement, au fil du temps, dans les corpus français comme algériens. Fruit d'une réflexion collective transdisciplinaire qui ose aborder des sujets peu traités, de l'architecture carcérale à la trajectoire de la statuaire coloniale, cette exploration critique de l'aménagement d'Alger entend mettre en lumière les pratiques de la ville par les personnes qui l'habitent.
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October 2022
October 2022
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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A 1988 UN Habitat seminar considered issues of housing construction in "developing countries." Included in the presentation was a prefabricated building system designed by East German architects, which was used in an education and development center operated by the African National Congress in Tanzania. In this publication, a multidisciplinary and international group(...)
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A 1988 UN Habitat seminar considered issues of housing construction in "developing countries." Included in the presentation was a prefabricated building system designed by East German architects, which was used in an education and development center operated by the African National Congress in Tanzania. In this publication, a multidisciplinary and international group(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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April 2024
April 2024
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Doors of learning: microcosms of a future South Africa
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A 1988 UN Habitat seminar considered issues of housing construction in "developing countries." Included in the presentation was a prefabricated building system designed by East German architects, which was used in an education and development center operated by the African National Congress in Tanzania. In this publication, a multidisciplinary and international group of artists, curators, historians and researchers reflect on the education and development centers as radical experiments in learning and living, as well as their spatial and design implementation in the context of the efforts to create a future democratic South Africa free of racism. This book focuses on why education was seen as the key to building a new democratic society. What were the immediate educational needs in those temporary learning environments? How were the educational priorities implemented spatially and creatively? And what was everyday life like for the people who lived there?
Doors of learning: microcosms of a future South Africa
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A 1988 UN Habitat seminar considered issues of housing construction in "developing countries." Included in the presentation was a prefabricated building system designed by East German architects, which was used in an education and development center operated by the African National Congress in Tanzania. In this publication, a multidisciplinary and international group of artists, curators, historians and researchers reflect on the education and development centers as radical experiments in learning and living, as well as their spatial and design implementation in the context of the efforts to create a future democratic South Africa free of racism. This book focuses on why education was seen as the key to building a new democratic society. What were the immediate educational needs in those temporary learning environments? How were the educational priorities implemented spatially and creatively? And what was everyday life like for the people who lived there?
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April 2024
April 2024
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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Fruit d'une expérience internationale orginale qui réunit étudiants, professeurs et experts en architecture de paysage, en architecture, en urbanisme et en études touristiques, ce livre raconte le travail d'expérimentation sur la réhabilitation paysagère des carrières de Mahdia. Misant sur l'apport créatif d'un arrimage culturel entre le Maghreb, le Moyen-Orient, l'Europe(...)
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Fruit d'une expérience internationale orginale qui réunit étudiants, professeurs et experts en architecture de paysage, en architecture, en urbanisme et en études touristiques, ce livre raconte le travail d'expérimentation sur la réhabilitation paysagère des carrières de Mahdia. Misant sur l'apport créatif d'un arrimage culturel entre le Maghreb, le Moyen-Orient, l'Europe(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
Architecture since 1900, Africa
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September 2007, Montréal
September 2007, Montréal
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Workshop Tunisie: invention paysagère des carrières de Mahdia
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Fruit d'une expérience internationale orginale qui réunit étudiants, professeurs et experts en architecture de paysage, en architecture, en urbanisme et en études touristiques, ce livre raconte le travail d'expérimentation sur la réhabilitation paysagère des carrières de Mahdia. Misant sur l'apport créatif d'un arrimage culturel entre le Maghreb, le Moyen-Orient, l'Europe et l'Amérique du Nord, le workshop ravive les natures bien singulières des carrières et de leurs contextes. Et surtout, il expose un ensemble d'intentions en vues de leur mise en valeur et de leur développement.
Workshop Tunisie: invention paysagère des carrières de Mahdia
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Fruit d'une expérience internationale orginale qui réunit étudiants, professeurs et experts en architecture de paysage, en architecture, en urbanisme et en études touristiques, ce livre raconte le travail d'expérimentation sur la réhabilitation paysagère des carrières de Mahdia. Misant sur l'apport créatif d'un arrimage culturel entre le Maghreb, le Moyen-Orient, l'Europe et l'Amérique du Nord, le workshop ravive les natures bien singulières des carrières et de leurs contextes. Et surtout, il expose un ensemble d'intentions en vues de leur mise en valeur et de leur développement.
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September 2007, Montréal
September 2007, Montréal
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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Album Architectures: Maputo
Album Architectures: Maputo
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L'architecture moderniste de Maputo est au cœur de cet ouvrage : les rez-de-chaussée de ses bâtiments servent de prisme pour explorer la transformation des villes postcoloniales, en mettant l'accent sur les rues, les espaces publics et les mutations urbaines. La photographie de Giovanna Silva saisit le paysage en évolution de la ville ainsi que son tissu social, tandis(...)
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L'architecture moderniste de Maputo est au cœur de cet ouvrage : les rez-de-chaussée de ses bâtiments servent de prisme pour explorer la transformation des villes postcoloniales, en mettant l'accent sur les rues, les espaces publics et les mutations urbaines. La photographie de Giovanna Silva saisit le paysage en évolution de la ville ainsi que son tissu social, tandis(...)
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September 2025
September 2025
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Album Architectures: Maputo
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L'architecture moderniste de Maputo est au cœur de cet ouvrage : les rez-de-chaussée de ses bâtiments servent de prisme pour explorer la transformation des villes postcoloniales, en mettant l'accent sur les rues, les espaces publics et les mutations urbaines. La photographie de Giovanna Silva saisit le paysage en évolution de la ville ainsi que son tissu social, tandis que des entretiens avec Ana Tostões et Ana Raquel Machava apportent un éclairage sur le patrimoine architectural et les enjeux de Maputo. Les architectes Matteo Poli et Luca Astorri (AOUMM) discutent de ses futurs possibles et de ses héritages durables, en interrogeant les notions de mondialisation, de résilience et d'identité. Le livre met en lumière l'interaction dynamique entre histoire et modernité, tout en proposant une réflexion plus large sur l'adaptation et la transformation urbaines dans les contextes postcoloniaux, ainsi que sur l'importance de préserver et d'étudier ces structures modernistes pour bâtir un avenir durable et inclusif à Maputo.
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L'architecture moderniste de Maputo est au cœur de cet ouvrage : les rez-de-chaussée de ses bâtiments servent de prisme pour explorer la transformation des villes postcoloniales, en mettant l'accent sur les rues, les espaces publics et les mutations urbaines. La photographie de Giovanna Silva saisit le paysage en évolution de la ville ainsi que son tissu social, tandis que des entretiens avec Ana Tostões et Ana Raquel Machava apportent un éclairage sur le patrimoine architectural et les enjeux de Maputo. Les architectes Matteo Poli et Luca Astorri (AOUMM) discutent de ses futurs possibles et de ses héritages durables, en interrogeant les notions de mondialisation, de résilience et d'identité. Le livre met en lumière l'interaction dynamique entre histoire et modernité, tout en proposant une réflexion plus large sur l'adaptation et la transformation urbaines dans les contextes postcoloniaux, ainsi que sur l'importance de préserver et d'étudier ces structures modernistes pour bâtir un avenir durable et inclusif à Maputo.
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September 2025
September 2025
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Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing to the 1980s, the independence period in Africa was a time of prolific—and thrilling—architectural production, during which leaders of newly independent nations sought to redefine themselves and their countries in contrast to colonial rule. "Architects of liberation: Modernism in Western Africa" focuses on seven western African(...)
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Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing to the 1980s, the independence period in Africa was a time of prolific—and thrilling—architectural production, during which leaders of newly independent nations sought to redefine themselves and their countries in contrast to colonial rule. "Architects of liberation: Modernism in Western Africa" focuses on seven western African(...)
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Architects of liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
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Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing to the 1980s, the independence period in Africa was a time of prolific—and thrilling—architectural production, during which leaders of newly independent nations sought to redefine themselves and their countries in contrast to colonial rule. "Architects of liberation: Modernism in Western Africa" focuses on seven western African nations—Benin (Dahomey), Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo—and illuminates the ways in which architects sought to adapt, adopt or reinvent the idiom of modernism for their specific cultural, political and economic purposes. This landmark publication features more than 200 illustrations, including architectural drawings and archival photographs, as well as a newly commissioned photographic portfolio by François-Xavier Gbré highlighting these stunning works of architecture.
Architects of liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
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Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing to the 1980s, the independence period in Africa was a time of prolific—and thrilling—architectural production, during which leaders of newly independent nations sought to redefine themselves and their countries in contrast to colonial rule. "Architects of liberation: Modernism in Western Africa" focuses on seven western African nations—Benin (Dahomey), Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo—and illuminates the ways in which architects sought to adapt, adopt or reinvent the idiom of modernism for their specific cultural, political and economic purposes. This landmark publication features more than 200 illustrations, including architectural drawings and archival photographs, as well as a newly commissioned photographic portfolio by François-Xavier Gbré highlighting these stunning works of architecture.
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July 2026
July 2026
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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Africa’s population and economic growth make it the world’s fastest urbanizing continent. While some might still associate Africa with rural development, the future of Africa is, in fact, very urban. This urbanization is a huge challenge in areas with fragile institutional frameworks and chronic poverty. Many migrants moving to the city end up in self-organized(...)
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Africa’s population and economic growth make it the world’s fastest urbanizing continent. While some might still associate Africa with rural development, the future of Africa is, in fact, very urban. This urbanization is a huge challenge in areas with fragile institutional frameworks and chronic poverty. Many migrants moving to the city end up in self-organized(...)
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To build a city in Africa: a history and a manual
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Africa’s population and economic growth make it the world’s fastest urbanizing continent. While some might still associate Africa with rural development, the future of Africa is, in fact, very urban. This urbanization is a huge challenge in areas with fragile institutional frameworks and chronic poverty. Many migrants moving to the city end up in self-organized settlements without basic services. ''Urban Africa'' brings together authors from various academic, political, and design backgrounds: as well as case studies on new towns in Ghana, Egypt, South Africa, Angola, Morocco, Kenya etc. In this way, the book provides a critical narrative about contemporary ''Urban Africa'' and the western world’s role – if any – in the radical transformations happening today.
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Africa’s population and economic growth make it the world’s fastest urbanizing continent. While some might still associate Africa with rural development, the future of Africa is, in fact, very urban. This urbanization is a huge challenge in areas with fragile institutional frameworks and chronic poverty. Many migrants moving to the city end up in self-organized settlements without basic services. ''Urban Africa'' brings together authors from various academic, political, and design backgrounds: as well as case studies on new towns in Ghana, Egypt, South Africa, Angola, Morocco, Kenya etc. In this way, the book provides a critical narrative about contemporary ''Urban Africa'' and the western world’s role – if any – in the radical transformations happening today.
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April 2019
April 2019
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This book is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa's largest city into urban theory on its own terms. The volume's essays include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in the city, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary(...)
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This book is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa's largest city into urban theory on its own terms. The volume's essays include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in the city, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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September 2008, Durham
September 2008, Durham
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Johannesburg: the elusive metropolis
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This book is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa's largest city into urban theory on its own terms. The volume's essays include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in the city, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary relationship between Johannesburg and Maputo, Mozambique's capital. One contributor considers how Johannesburg's cosmopolitan sociability enabled the anti-colonial projects of Ghandi and Mandela. Journalists, artists, architects, writers, and scholars bring contemporary Johannesburg to life in ten short pieces including reflections on music and megamalls, nightlife, living as foreigners in the city, and built spaces.
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This book is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa's largest city into urban theory on its own terms. The volume's essays include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in the city, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary relationship between Johannesburg and Maputo, Mozambique's capital. One contributor considers how Johannesburg's cosmopolitan sociability enabled the anti-colonial projects of Ghandi and Mandela. Journalists, artists, architects, writers, and scholars bring contemporary Johannesburg to life in ten short pieces including reflections on music and megamalls, nightlife, living as foreigners in the city, and built spaces.
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September 2008, Durham
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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized,(...)
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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized,(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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June 2008, Rotterdam
June 2008, Rotterdam
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Douala in Translation: a view of the city and its creative transformative potentials
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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized, with 20 entries and hundreds of full-color photos.
Douala in Translation: a view of the city and its creative transformative potentials
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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized, with 20 entries and hundreds of full-color photos.
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June 2008, Rotterdam
June 2008, Rotterdam
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