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The book dispels the stereotypical view of Africans living in simple, primitive, look-alike agglomerations, scattered about without any appreciation for planning and design.
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This richly illustrated book traces the precolonial development of African towns, cities, and architecture south of the Sahara. At once it dispels the stereotypical view of Africans living in simple, primitive, look-alike agglomerations, scattered about without any appreciation for planning and design.
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An analytical and comparative survey of major urban centers south of the Sahara during the thousand years before European colonization, examining their governments, economics, societies, and arts.
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African Cities and Towns Before the European Conquest
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Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1977
ISBN 10: 039309166X
ISBN 13: 9780393091663
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