Explores socio-economic implications of Our Lady of Peace Basilica in Ivory Coast and the Hassan II Mosque in Morocco.
NNAMDI ELLEH is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the College of Design, Art, Architecture & Planning (DAAP), and was a Samuel Ittleson Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study In the Visual Arts (CASVA), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
"probes the multiple meanings of two huge and potent "icons of
crisis." Elleh's analysis brings together issues of statecraft,
indigenous symbolism, religious experience, and individual
hubris."-Gwendolyn Wright Professor, Graduate School of
Architecture Columbia University
?Elleh has chosen a provacative topic and this ambitious but highly
readable book raises serious questions. It places architecture at
the center of debates about culture, power, religion, and politics.
Whether one agrees with Elleh or not, he is treading into new
territory here. He is not responding to the canon, he is writing
it.?-International Journal of African Historical Studies
"Elleh has chosen a provacative topic and this ambitious but highly
readable book raises serious questions. It places architecture at
the center of debates about culture, power, religion, and politics.
Whether one agrees with Elleh or not, he is treading into new
territory here. He is not responding to the canon, he is writing
it."-International Journal of African Historical Studies
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