Architecture and Power in Africa

by Nnamdi Elleh

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275976793
• ISBN13: 9780275976798
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"