Author : Rashid Ali
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ISBN 13 : 9789950313491
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (134 download)
Book Synopsis Mogadishu Lost Moderns by : Rashid Ali
Download or read book Mogadishu Lost Moderns written by Rashid Ali and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mogadishu: Lost Moderns explores the city of Mogadishu through its architecture and urban environment, narrating the story of Somalia s journey from traditional African nation via colonisation and post colonialism to emergent independent state. Challenging familiar mainstream images that depict the city solely as a place of conflict and destruction, Somali-British architect Rashid Ali and British photographer Andrew Cross offer a unique account of what remains of the city s urban fabric and key modernist symbols after two decades of civil conflict. As well as essays by Ali and Cross, the publication also includes contributions from architect and urban designer Mohamed Abdulkadir Ahmed and author Cristina Ali Farah. The book is richly illustrated with archival images of Mogadishu as well as specially commissioned photographs taken by Andrew Cross in Mogadishu in 2013.