African Modernism and Its Afterlives
Berre, Nina (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo) / Geissler, Paul Wenzel / Lagae, Johan (Ghent University)
Brings together research by Africanist anthropologists and architectural historians who share in the pursuit of an archaeology of modernist architecture in Africa. Case studies connect the colonial and postcolonial origins of modernist architecture, the historical processes, and present use and habitation. 132 b/w and 35 col. photographs.