Reconsidering Colonial Heritage in West African Cities: Urban Space in Cape Verde, Senegal and The Gambia

The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africa’s cities, from their urban layouts, to their architecture, monuments and street names. This book discusses the varying responses to colonial heritage in West African cities, with a particular focus on the case studies of Praia in Cape Verde, Dakar in Senegal and Banjul in The Gambia.

Europeans tended to focus on cities as centres of administration, and they were often both the starting points for settlement and the locations in w...