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An Introduction to West African Modernism

An Introduction to West African Modernism
There remains a dearth of UG-focused, accessible material on non-vernacular African Architecture. A number of authors have now produced research papers and books covering various aspects of colonial and post-colonial architecture with a specific African focus or coverage of the region. In the continued absence of an African architecture survey primer, the GAHTC Introduction to West African Modernism series of lectures seeks to help fill this lacuna in its production of a region-specific set of five lectures focusing on Tropical Modernist Architecture in Anglophone West Africa. Objectives Its key objective is through the five lectures to convey to non-specialist undergraduate audiences a basic knowledge and understanding of Tropical Modernism in West Africa. This is used by using selected key buildings in the survey to introduce students to the key actors, design programs; the different contexts; historic, socio-economic, and political, and other influences which shaped and influenced the manner in which Modernism emerged in West Africa. The lectures also provide bibliographic references to relevant associated material as part of the lectures to be produced. These comprise,...
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