In the wake of independence, modern architecture across Africa became more than a style; it became a statement. Universities, civic halls, hotels, and trade centers in different nations stood as symbols of self-determination and ambition. Modernism in Africa wasn’t just a borrowed language, it became a means of expressing identity and national self-definition by adapting global principles to local contexts and sociopolitical ambitions.
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