1st Edition

Reconsidering Colonial Heritage in West African Cities Urban Space in Cape Verde, Senegal and The Gambia

By Krzysztof Górny Copyright 2024
192 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africa’s cities, from their urban layouts, to their architecture, monuments and street names. This book discusses the varying responses to colonial heritage in West African cities, with a particular focus on the case studies of Praia in Cape Verde, Dakar in Senegal and Banjul in The Gambia. Europeans tended to focus on cities as centres of... Read more

1. Introduction to colonial heritage in West African cities

 

2. Colonial heritage in modern-day Praia

 

3. Colonial heritage in modern-day Dakar

 

4. Colonial heritage in modern-day Banjul

 

5. Conclusion

Biography

Krzysztof Górny is a political and historical geographer specialising in research on cities and countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, where he conducts field research (e.g. in Ghana, Senegal, The Gambia, Rwanda or Guinea-Bissau). He works at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw, where he teaches classes on political geography, historical geography, international conflicts, history and geography of Africa as well as urban studies. In 2020, he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Colonial heritage in contemporary urban space of West African cities”. He publishes articles in renowned international journals, such as Planning Perspectives, Journal of Urban History, Journal of Baltic Studies, Miscellanea Geographica or Land.