Douala in Translation

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ISBN: 9789059730717
English edition
Jap Sam Books
Paperback, 256 pages
13 x 18 cm
colour/black & white
2007
€25,47 (excl. VAT)

Douala in Translation

A view of the city and its creative transforming potentials

Lucia Babina, Marilyn Douala Bell Ed(s)

Douala, the economic and cultural capital of Cameroon, is one of the most important cities in Central Africa. Informal settlements, micro-economies and spontaneous use of the public space have a primary role in the formation of its urban identity. This fast growing city is the context in which doual'art, a research centre of urban practices, has been operating for more than sixteen years. Since 1991 doual'art has fostered cultural projects and commissioned site-specific art interventions, using art and culture to develop collective processes of urban change. This publication brings together cross-disciplinary analyses of Douala that seek to go beyond predictable and prejudicial views about African towns. Douala becomes a thrilling case study in which artistic practices engage and affect the cityscape.

Awarded Best Dutch Book Design 2007.