AFRICAN NOMADIC ARCHITECTURE
Subtitle: Space, Place and Gender
Publisher: Smithsonian; Brand: Smithsonian
Published: Jul 17, 1995
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781560983583
Description: Combining extensive field research from West Africa to the Horn with findings culled from American and European museum archives, Labelle Prussin and the book's other contributors - including Peter A. Andrews, Uta Holter, Anders Grum, Amina H. Adan, and Arlene Fullerton - offer insights into the daily life of African nomads whose material culture is shaped by their desert environment.

The more than two hundred diagrams, plans, and photographs in the text illustrate some of the regional variation in architectural style, extending from the tensile structures of West Africa to the mat-covered armature frames built by East African nomads. Two dozen color images highlight the most striking architectural examples and their surroundings.
Notes: Source title: AFRICAN NOMADIC ARCHITECTURE: Space, Place and Gender