Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa

Lessons from Larabanga

Bibliographic Data

ID9369788
AuthorsMichelle Moore Apotsos (0000-0002-4919-0269, corresponding author), Michelle Apotsos
Year2016
Pages216
Publication date2016-05-20
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueArchitecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315639949
OpenAlexW4243009335
Open LibraryOL53975486M
ISBN9781315639949
LanguageEN
Citations received3

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

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Identity (music · Islam · Islamic Architecture · Architecture · Architecture and Cultural Influences · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Philosophy · Adaptive Reuse & Renovation · Africa · Buildings · Buildings, structures · Cultural geography · Géographie culturelle · Ghana · Human Geography · Islam and architecture · Islam and culture · Islam et architecture · Islam et civilisation · Landmarks & Monuments · Larabanga · Professional Practice · Reference · West Africa

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