African art and architectureAfrican art and architecturecomparing discourse and praxiscomparing discourse and praxis

Paul Jenkins & Ola Uduku

research professor/senior lectureredinburgh college of artEdinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ESALA

West African West African Art/ArchitectureArt/Architecturedesign and praxis design and praxis

OverviewOverview- The historic-pre-colonialThe historic-pre-colonial- Colonial – early post colonyColonial – early post colony- Early ‘modern’Early ‘modern’- Contemporary Contemporary - Future Future

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“Mbari Art Door Posts”

“Benin Bronze Figure”

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“Kano Walls”

“Ife Bronze”

mid 20mid 20thth Century Century Contemporary Contemporary

Nsukka School Nsukka School Zaria School Zaria School Art magazines – Okike!Art magazines – Okike! Practitioners now ‘Western trained’Practitioners now ‘Western trained’ Enwonwu etc trained at Slade etcEnwonwu etc trained at Slade etc Fusion begins; art architecture, Fusion begins; art architecture,

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Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 55

Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 66

Nsukka School

OshogboUli Beier

ZariaSchool

Elder Dempster Shipping Offices, Elder Dempster Shipping Offices, LagosLagos

James Cubitt and Partners 1965James Cubitt and Partners 1965

Ola-Oluwakitan Ola-Oluwakitan Cottage, Cottage, Alan Vaughan Alan Vaughan

Richards 1966Richards 1966

Kaduna Kaduna Max Lock & Associates

El Anatsui & Kofi SetordjiEl Anatsui & Kofi Setordji

Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 1111

Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 1212

Abuja ‘architecture’Abuja ‘architecture’

Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 1313

‘‘Critical diasporas’Critical diasporas’

‘‘Okwui Enweozor, & Olu OguibeOkwui Enweozor, & Olu Oguibe DocumentaDocumenta 2121stst Century City Century City

Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 1414

New urban discourses / bukka Lagos -London

Ghana CollaborationGhana CollaborationDumfries:Dumfries:

Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 1616

Aug 08Aug 08 Prof. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape TownProf. Paul Jenkins - Presentation to the School of Architecture, Planning & Geometrics - University of Cape Town 1717

the identity of theartist in societyWednesday 22nd Apriltalk by the leading Ghanaian artist Kofi Setordji

Setordji and Baker’s collaboration has been funded by SAC, British Council and also ecafunding via an ‘urban architecture’ research project led by Dr Ola Uduku