Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691251431ISBN-10:691251436UPC:9780691251431Book Category:Architecture, Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, African, AfricaSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SCWBQTWM2V
Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage
A groundbreaking history of Africa's looted architectural heritage--and a bold proposal for the repatriation of the continent's stolen cultural artifacts
Between the nineteenth century and today, colonial officials, collectors, and anthropologists dismembered African buildings and dispersed their parts to museums in Europe and the United States. Most of these artifacts were cataloged as...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691251431ISBN-10:691251436UPC:9780691251431Book Category:Architecture, Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, African, AfricaSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SCWBQTWM2V
Itohan I. Osayimwese is professor of the history of art and architecture and urban studies at Brown University, where she is an affiliate faculty in Africana studies and at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She is the author of Colonialism and Modern Architecture in Germany and the editor of German Colonialism in Africa and Its Legacies.
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