MoMA to Present First Major Exhibition on Modernist Architecture in Post-Independence Western Africa

The Museum of Modern Art presents Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa, the first major exhibition to examine modern architecture from the late 1950s through the early 1980s in the context of political independence in the region.

The exhibition highlights the independence period as a prolific time of architectural production, during which leaders of newly founded African nations sought to redefine themselves and their countries in contrast to colonial rule.

This new architectural identity engaged deeply with broader political