Imagine a competition with entries by architects from 52 African countries including Tanzania, Mali, Nigeria Senegal and Mozambique, all commissioned to design a Pavilion for Liverpool.

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"Monuments" by Lubaina Himid
The question you could ask first is  - Who are monuments for?
Only when this has been asked and the many questions and claims, which will arise from this first question, have at least been acknowledged, can anyone begin to talk about what that monument might look like, be like, achieve or change. Read Full Text  Monuments

Black Monuments Links

Paul Clarkson - Monuments Video   View Here

Colourcode  Scroll down to Radar

http://www.artinliverpool.com/index.php/maingalleries/bluecoat/bluecoat-arch/1095-blue-nextup 

http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/issues/nerve9/city_of_ghosts.php

Also see Open Sesame at   http://www.makinghistoriesvisible.com/publications/

The "Commemorating Abolition" Project  - Alan Rice  UCLAN

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/journalism_media_communication/literature_culture/abolition/index.php 

Revealing Histories  Manchester Museums  - Alan Rice

http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/legacies-commemorating-the-bicentenary-of-british-abolition/articles/monuments-and-memorials.html 

BBC News  Should Statues Honour Ordinary People

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7244593.stm

Rembering Slavery : public commemoration - Bristol

http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/showNarrative.php?nacId=852&narId=520&sit_id=1

Global Architecture

Shanghai Expo 2010  Pavilions

http://en.expo2010.cn/c/en_gj_tpl_146.htm

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