Ghanaian “Monument Wars”
Lentz (2017) analyse the contested history of the Nkrumah Statues in Ghana from 1957 until today via Kirk Savage’s (2009) notion of "monument wars", Harcourt Fuller's (2014) notion of "symbolic nationalism" and Pierre Nora's (1989) term “lieu de mémoire”.
Erben D., 2011, “Denkmal,” in U. FLeckner, m. warnake & h. ziegLer (eds.),Handbuch der politischen Ikonographie, 1 (Munich: C. H. Beck): 235-243. is an important source.
Carola Lentz (2017), « Ghanaian “Monument Wars » Cahiers d’Études africaines, LVII (3), 227, pp. 551-582.
Erben D., 2011, “Denkmal,” in U. FLeckner, m. warnake & h. ziegLer (eds.),Handbuch der politischen Ikonographie, 1 (Munich: C. H. Beck): 235-243. is an important source.
Carola Lentz (2017), « Ghanaian “Monument Wars » Cahiers d’Études africaines, LVII (3), 227, pp. 551-582.
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