Age of Concrete - Housing and the Shape of Aspiration in the Capital of Mozambique

Age of Concrete is about people building homes on tenuous ground in the outer neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique, places thought of simply as slums. But up close, they are an archive: houses of reeds, wood, zinc, and concrete embodying the ambitions of people who built their own largest investment and greatest bequest to the future.

About the author

David Morton is assistant professor of African history at the University of British Columbia. As a journalist prior to his academic career, he wrote for publications such as Architectural Record, the New Republic, and Foreign Policy, and in Mozambique contributed to IRIN, the humanitarian news service.

Summary

Age of Concrete is about people building homes on tenuous ground in the outer neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique, places thought of simply as slums. But up close, they are an archive: houses of reeds, wood, zinc, and concrete embodying the ambitions of people who built their own largest investment and greatest bequest to the future.

Product details

• Authors: David Morton
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780821423684
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2368-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: New African Histories; New African Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous