Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

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African Modernism: Architecture As a Nexus of Design and Politics

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© AM_Book_A.f.I_Accra, Ghana - Mfantsipim School (1959) Fry, Drew and Partners

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© AM_Book_A.f.I_Accra, Ghana - Independence Square (1961) Public Works Departement

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© Exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery

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© AM_Book_A.f.I_Accra, Ghana - Scott House (1961) Kenneth Scott

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