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Hess, Janet Berry. Art and Architecture in Postcolonial Africa.

Author
Hess, Janet Berry
Published On
January 26, 2023
Original Date
2006
Aesthetic
Political
Bibliographic

Hess, Janet Berry. Art and Architecture in Postcolonial Africa. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Company, 2006.

This work examines the complexity of popular artistic culture in the era of African nationalism, with a special focus on the influential independence era in Ghana. Discussed are architecture, museum exhibitions, political displays, nationalist ideologies, artistic practices, and the intangible forms of art.

[Source: Toronto Public Library].

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