Architecture and power in Africa /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Elleh, Nnamdi (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
• Θέματα: Αρχιτεκτονική > Αφρική; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (xxiv, 178 σ.) : εικ.
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0313013888; 9780313013881

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.