The kind of extraordinary domed house constructed by Chad and Cameroon’s Mousgoum peoples has long held sway over the Western imagination. In fact, as Steven Nelson shows here, this prototypical beehive-shaped structure known as the teleukhas been cast as everything from a sign of authenticity to a tourist destination to a perfect fusion of form and function in an unselfconscious culture. And in this multifaceted history of the teleuk, thought of by the Mousgoum themselves as a three-dimensional symbol of their culture, Nelson charts how a singular building’s meaning has the capacity to change over time and in different places. Drawing on fieldwork in Cameroon and Japan as well as archival research in Africa, the United States, and Europe, Nelson explores how the teleuk has been understood by groups ranging from contemporary tourists to the Cameroonian government and—most importantly—today’s Mousgoum people. In doing so, he moves in and out of Africa to provide a window into a changing Mousgoum culture and to show how both African and Western peoples use the built environment to advance their own needs and desires. Highlighting the global impact of African architecture, From Cameroon to Paris will appeal to scholars and students of African art history and architectural history, as well as those interested in Western interactions with Africa.

From Cameroon to Paris: Mousgoum Architecture In and Out of Africa

History

Nelson, Steven

Africa

University of Chicago Press

Because there was no snow so far this winter three friends decide to take matters into their own hands. They go down to the old ice factory and build a snowman out of melted ice. Instead of the friendly snowman they expected the result was a very different kind of snowman. A word-for-word audio read-along is included with this book. See page 2 for download instructions.

Frosty the Snowman with Word-for-Word Audio Download

Children's Books

Rollins, Jack

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Peter Pan Press

This 128-page supplement to the Personal Affects catalogue features photographs and an essay documenting the exhibition and performances at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and the Museum for African Art, New York.

Personal Affects:Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, Volume 2

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Museum for African Art/Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

The Cloud is about data. This is the book that tells us how to prevent data from getting lost in the first place and what design steps to plan for the worst-case scenario. Invaluable to anyone setting up medium/large networks and cloud infrastructure, this book is central for those of us who need to have a strategy to recover data because the company's or institution's data are vital. Buy this book and learn how to sleep at night with your data secure.

Pro Data Backup and Recovery (Expert's Voice in Data Management)

Reference

Apress

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