LEADER 02671nam 2200349 450 001 996571859203316 005 20230501075237.0 010 $a1-80010-563-0 035 $a(CKB)5850000000078264 035 $a(NjHacI)995850000000078264 035 $a(EXLCZ)995850000000078264 100 $a20230501d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aArchitecture and Politics in Africa $eMaking, Living and Imagining Identities Through Buildings /$fDaniel Mulugeta [and eight others] 210 1$aWoodbridge :$cBoydell & Brewer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) 225 0 $aMaking and Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa Series 330 $aBuildings 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. 517 $aArchitecture and Politics in Africa 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xPolitics and government 676 $a967 700 $aMulugeta$b Daniel$01351929 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996571859203316 996 $aArchitecture and Politics in Africa$93141011 997 $aUNISA