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Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa

Lessons from Larabanga

By: Michelle Apotsos

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Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa

Lessons from Larabanga

By: Michelle Apotsos

Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa shows you the relationship between architecture and Islamic identity in West Africa. The book looks broadly across Muslim West Africa and takes an in-depth study of the village of Larabanga, a small Muslim community in Northern Ghana, to help you see how the built environment encodes cultural history through form, material, and space, creating an architectural narrative that outlines the contours of this distinctive Muslim identity. Apotsos explores how modern technology, heritage, and tourism have increasingly affected the contemporary architectural character of this community, revealing the village’s current state of social, cultural, and spiritual flux. More than 60 black and white images illustrate how architectural components within this setting express the distinctive narratives, value systems, and realities that make up the unique composition of this Afro-Islamic community.

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270

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Routledge

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ISBN 10

1317275543

ISBN 13

9781317275541

The Masjid in Contemporary Islamic Africa

By: Michelle Moore Apotsos

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The Masjid in Contemporary Islamic Africa

By: Michelle Moore Apotsos

Through the lens of the masjid, Michelle Apotsos examines alternative spaces and architectural landscapes of Islamic practice in contemporary Africa that highlight the unique solutions that Muslim communities are adopting in order to confront contemporary modernization and the new diverse conditions it brings.

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