2024-11-14T21:04:05-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149936428/african-modernism-architecture-of-independence-showcases-a-history-of-no-easy-answers Nicholas Cecchi 2016-03-27T11:44:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ix/ix7ait35ntwm8vqy.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>"African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence" is a sprawling and immersive exhibition that uses every inch of available gallery space at Chicago&rsquo;s Graham Foundation. Curated by <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/144431565/win-african-modernism-a-book-that-investigates-nation-building-in-five-african-countries" target="_blank">Manuel Herz</a> with input for this particular exhibition by <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/604700/sarah-herda" target="_blank">Sarah Herda</a>, head of Graham Foundation, the show is based on Herz&rsquo;s voluminous tome of the same name. At over 700 pages, Herz&rsquo;s scholarly investigation and cataloging of modern architecture in Ghana, Senegal, Cote d&rsquo;Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia provided a surplus of projects and information, requiring a careful distillation to produce the exhibition.</p>