Guy Tillim s earlier photographs documented war-torn Africa
and the people whose lives have been shaped by years of
conflict and hardship. In this book he focuses on the structures
that dot the urban landscape of these troubled countries. The
eighty images in this book from Angola, Mozambique,
Madagascar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo reveal
modern buildings constructed with illusions of prosperity and
peace and then left to decay. This collection reflects the
intuitive brilliance that is Guy Tillim s hallmark, tells Africa s
story of failure and atrophy, and points to the intersection of
present-day Africa with its colonial past in countries that were
forsaken in the name of progress and the perpetual quest for
power.