Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa: Lessons from Larabanga - Paperback

by Michelle Apotsos (Author)

Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa shows you the relationship between architecture and Islamic identity in West Africa.

Author Biography

Michelle Apotsos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at Williams College, Massachusetts, USA, where she specializes in African architecture and the arts of the Afro-Islamic world. Her research focuses on the intersections between Afro-Islamic identity, architecture, and modernization as they are occurring in contemporary Africa. She received her PhD from Stanford University, USA, in 2013.