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Douala in Translation: A View of the City and Its Creative Transformative Potentials
Douala in Translation A View of the City and Its Creative Transformative Potentials Author:Lucia Babina, Marilyn Douala Bell With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, — Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial — past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted — international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book — collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Doual... more »a,
both real and fictionalized. With 20 entries and hundreds of full-color
photos, the collaboration expresses the role of art and public space in
a modern West African city, and its writers delve beyond prejudice
toward the developing world to glean an understanding of the
transformative influence of art and creativity in a rapidly developing
African metropolis. Awarded Best Dutch Book Design 2007.« less