ISBN:
9781003825005
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (193 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
307.760966
Keywords:
Colonial cities-Africa, West
;
Architecture, Colonial-Africa, West
;
Public spaces-Political aspects-Africa, West
;
Decolonization-Africa, West
;
Africa, West-Colonial influence
;
Colonial cities
;
Architecture, Colonial
;
Public spaces Political aspects
;
Decolonization
;
Africa, West Colonial influence
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction to Colonial Heritage in West African Cities -- General Outline of the Subject -- Spatial and Temporal Scope of the Analysis -- Objectives, Hypotheses and Research Questions -- Research Methods Applied -- Colonialism - an Outline of Literature On the Subject -- Heritage Studies - an Overview of Basic Concepts -- Material Vs. Non-Material Heritage in Urban Space -- African Colonialisms -- Africa's Decolonisation Process - the Geographical Perspective -- Notes -- References -- 2 Colonial Heritage in Modern-Day Praia -- Historical Overview -- The Location and Layout -- Buildings in Platô and Its Surroundings -- Portuguese Nomenclature in Praia -- Colonial and New Monuments -- The Cemetery, City Squares and the Marketplace -- The Cemetery -- City Squares and the Marketplace -- Colonial Heritage in Modern-Day Praia - a Summary -- Notes -- References -- 3 Colonial Heritage in Modern-Day Dakar -- Historical Overview and Location of the City -- Three Phases of French Colonial Urban Planning -- Disappearing Colonial Buildings -- Evolution of the French Dictionary of Urbanonyms and Its Decolonisation -- Modern-day Street Nomenclature in the Dakar-Plateau District -- Street Nomenclature in Dakar in the Colonial Era -- Changes in Street Nomenclature in the Dakar-Plateau District During the Colonial Period -- Changes in Dakar Street Nomenclature After 1960 -- Other Elements of Colonial Heritage -- Colonial Heritage in Modern-Day Dakar - a Summary -- Notes -- References -- 4 Colonial Heritage in Modern-Day Banjul -- Historical Overview -- Times of the British Empire -- Independent Gambia -- Buildings and Architecture - British and African Elements.
Abstract:
"The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africa's cities, from their urban layouts, to their architecture, monuments and street names. This book discusses the varying responses to colonial heritage in West African cities, with a particular focus on the case studies of Praia in Cape Verde, Dakar in Senegal, and Banjul in the Gambia. Europeans tended to focus on cities as centres of administration, and they were often both the starting points for settlement and the locations in which power was formally handed over to new African governments. Colonialism in Praia, Dakar and Banjul and was abolished at different times, under different colonial powers (Portuguese, French and British), and amongst vastly different conditions of unrest. Based on extensive original research, this book demonstrates that the contemporary approach to the contentious issue of urban colonial heritage is often determined by metropolis-colony relationship before decolonisation, postcolonial diplomatic relations, as well as present-day political decisions. The book uncovers a rich relationship between politics and urban space, and between new and old. Combining insights from political sciences, history, critical geography, heritage studies and urban planning, this book will be of interest to a wide range of researchers"--
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