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Book SynopsisIn Conquest and Construction Mark Dike DeLancey investigates the palace architecture of northern Cameroon, a region that was conquered in the early nineteenth century by primarily semi-nomadic, pastoralist, Muslim, Fulɓe forces and incorporated as the largest emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate. Palace architecture is considered first and foremost as political in nature, and therefore as responding not only to the needs and expectations of the conquerors, but also to those of the largely sedentary, agricultural, non-Muslim conquered peoples who constituted the majority population. In the process of reconciling the cultures of these various constituents, new architectural forms and local identities were constructed.
Trade Review[...] 'this study furthermore emphasizes that architecture, African no less than any other, must be contextualized in order to better comprehend the history of forms and architectural decisions'. Syprien Christian Zogo, Laval University, in African Studies Quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 4, February 2018, pp. 121-122
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Transcription, Translation, and Transliteration Introduction Chapter One: Architectural Form Chapter Two: Political Symbolism Chapter Three: Spatial Orientation Chapter Four: Ritual Movement Chapter Five: Secrecy Conclusion Bibliography Index
