Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa.

ISBN: 0786420766

TITLE: Art and architecture in postcolonial Africa.

AUTHOR: Hess, Janet Berry.

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Co.

PUBLISH DATE: 2006

PAGES: 209

PRICE: $39.95

BINDING: Paperback

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION: N72

REVIEW: Hess (postcolonial theory and art history, Sonoma State U.) examines popular genres of African art, such as public exhibitions and displays, architecture, and editorial illustrations and cartoons accepted or undermined the ideologies of the state in the early era of African independence. He examines the Ghana's Convention People's Party and National Liberation Movement and their impact on artistic production. He then reviews political and social commentary as revealed in art of the postcolonial era. Final chapters discuss ideological representation in communal performance and other intangible forms of art. (©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)