Main entry:

Apotsos, Michelle, author.

Title & Author:

Architecture, Islam, and identity in West Africa : lessons from Larabanga / Michelle Apotsos.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
©2016

Description:

xiv, 215 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
Locating Larabanga: architecture and contemporary Islamic identity in West Africa -- The road to Larabanga: a short history of Afro-Islamic architecture -- Mallams, mosques, and mystic stones: the story of Larabanga -- Building across borders: Larabanga in transition -- Conclusion: lessons from Larabanga: the future of Islam and the built environment in West Africa.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9781138192454 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1138192457 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781138192461 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1138192465 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9781315639949
9781317275541 (ePub ebook)
9781317275558 (PDF ebook)
9781317275534 (Mobipocket ebook)

Subject:

Islam and architecture Africa, West.
Islam and culture Africa, West.
Cultural geography Africa, West.
Islam and architecture Ghana Larabanga.
Islam and culture Ghana Larabanga.
Cultural geography Ghana Larabanga.
Islam et architecture Afrique occidentale.
Islam et civilisation Afrique occidentale.
Géographie culturelle Afrique occidentale.
Buildings
Cultural geography
Islam and architecture
Islam and culture
Larabanga (Ghana) Buildings, structures, etc.
West Africa
Ghana Larabanga

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295438
Call No.: BIB 241658
Status: Available