Our existence has become so entangled with concrete that it would be difficult to imagine life
without it, though we probably should. Anthropologists recognize the part that concrete plays …

As the world's most used material, after water, cement is particularly good to think with. And
as I show below, it may also be good to 'become with', especially across the Global South …

Should a writer work in a former colonial language or in a vernacular? The language
question was one of the great, intractable problems that haunted postcolonial literatures in …

In the Mozambican suburb of Inhapossa, piles of fresh concrete blocks vividly convey a
sense of the momentous transformation under way in a place where building is now …

In 1966, a new hospital was being built in western Kenya with Soviet aid. Designed by
Soviet architects and planners, with equipment transported from the USSR, it was to be the …

16 17 the original sense of the word: stumbling stones. Traces always point to the absence
of their cause, but are at the same time positively present. They may, of course, be …

Senegalese Stagecraft explores the theatrical stage in Senegal as a site of poetic
expression, political activism, and community engagement. In their responses to the …

Bien qu'il s' agisse littéralement de bricolages récents, d'«inventions of tradition», la Charte
du Manding et la Charte de Kouroukanfougan sont très populaires chez les Maliens qui …

This article will examine the concepts of recuperation, nostalgia and utopianism in relation to
the First World Festival of Negro Arts, which was held in Dakar in 1966, in part through an …

As African countries gained independence, filmmakers saw cinema as a weapon for
decolonization. With the increasing disappearance of cinema venues following the global …