Publication
From Garden to Monument: Liberation Landscapes in African Cities
A timely critical essay reads African memorial parks and gardens as active civic landscapes shaped by occupation, memory, ecological change, and the formalization of liberation histories. It offers a useful lens for coverage of public space and landscape beyond conventional monument-focused narratives.
- Location
- Examples discussed include Freedom Park in Lagos, Nigeria; Freedom Park in Pretoria, South Africa; and Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Organizations
- Wolff Architects — Architecture and research practice; credited for the Liberation Gardens research referenced in the essay.
- Source
- ArchDaily
