Items related to Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa

Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa - Hardcover

 
9781633451858: Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1633451852 ISBN 13: 9781633451858
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2026

Synopsis

A groundbreaking assessment of modern architecture in West African nations during the decades following political independence

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Martino Stierli is The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Ikem Stanley Okoye is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Delaware.

Mallory Cohen is Curatorial Associate in the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA.

From the Back Cover

A groundbreaking assessment of modern architecture in West African nations durin the decades following political independence

Beginning in the mid-1950s and continuing for several decades, the independence period was a prolific time of architectural production during which leaders of newly independent African nations sought to redefine themselves. Focusing on the West African nations of Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Benin, this landmark publication sheds light on shared iss

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1633451852
ISBN 13 
9781633451858
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Editor
Stierli Martino, Okoye Ikem Stanley, Cohen Mallory