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Title: African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia
Authors: Edited by Manuel Herz, photographs by Iwan Baan and Alexia webster
Publisher: Park Books
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9783906027746
Language: English

Description:
When many countries in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa gained their independence in the 1960s, experimental and futuristic architecture became a principal means by which the young nations expressed their national identities.
African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence documents in more trhan 600 pages 103 buildings in five countries: sKenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia, Ghana and Senegal. The often heroic and daring designs of parliament buildings, central banks, stadiums, conference centers, universities and independence memorials mirror the forward-looking spirit that was dominant in these countries at the time.
African Modernism coincides with the exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery (20.02. – 31.05.2015).

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