African Nomadic Architecture: Space, Place, and Gender

Prussin, Labelle

Washington, DC / London: Smithsonian Institute Press / The National Gallery of African Art, 1995. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards in illustrated jacket. xxii, 245 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm. VG. Light shelfwear and some scuffing along top edge, else clean and unmarked. Item #212637
ISBN: 1560983582

"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."--Jacket.