2024-05-23T01:43:29-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150099238/its-curves-recall-the-vernacular-found-in-southern-senegal-s-casamance Nam Henderson 2018-12-09T20:41:00-05:00 >2018-12-10T16:50:24-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0a/0abb3629778dbe906fdb3973bb1dcfd2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The idea of establishing the museum dates back more than 50 years, to Senegal's late poet-president, L&eacute;opold S&eacute;dar Senghor. Along with Martinican writer Aim&eacute; C&eacute;saire, Senghor was a creative force behind the philosophy of N&eacute;gritude, which opposed the imposition of French culture on colonies in Africa and the Caribbean.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Senegal's new <a href="http://mcn.sn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Mus&eacute;e des Civilisations noires</em></a> opens this week in the capital, Dakar.</p> <p>Anyone know who the architect is? Nothing I could find/Google Translate seems to indicate. Perhaps, some nameless bureaucratic office or Chinese ExtraStateCraft(er)?<br></p> <p>See also from <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/museum-black-civilisations-aims-decolonise-knowledge-181204221519936.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Al Jazeera</a><br></p>