Architecture and Politics in Africa - Making, Living and Imagining Identities through Buildings (Paperback)

Innovative study of state politics, identity and buildings that sheds new light on the links between the material and the ideational realms of contemporary life in Africa. Buildings shape politics in the ways they define communities, enable economic activity, reflect political ideas, and impact state-society relations. They are materially and symbolically interwoven with the everyday lives of elites and citizens, as well global flows of money, goods, and contracts. Yet, to date, there has been no research that explicitly connects debates about Africa's domestic and international politics with the study of architecture. This innovative book fills this gap, providing a new and compelling reading of the politics of identity in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of some of its most significant buildings. Using case studies from nine countries across sub-Saharan Africa, this volume reveals how they are commissioned and built, how they enable elites to project power, and how they form a basis for popular conceptions of the state. Exploring a diverse range of buildings including parliaments, airports, prisons, ministries, regional institutions, libraries, universities, shopping malls, public housing, cathedrals and palaces, the contributors suggest a innovative perspective on African politics, identity and urban development. This book will be a compelling reference for scholars and students of African politics, development studies and city life in its elaboration of and challenges to established concepts and arguments about the relationship between material objects and political ideas. This book is available as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-ND.

General

Imprint:	James Currey
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Making & Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Joanne Tomkinson • Daniel Mulugeta • Julia Gallagher
Contributors:	Dawit Yekoyesew • Emmanuel K. Ofori-Sarpong • Innocent Batsani Ncube • Irene Appeaning Addo • Julia Gallagher • Joanne Tomkinson • Daniel Mulugeta
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-1-84701-332-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	1-84701-332-5
Barcode:	9781847013323

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