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POSTCARD FROM PORTO-NOVO

Dear ArchitectureWeek,

Porto-Novo, the capital of Benin in West Africa, is searching for its lost identity as development presents conflicts between historic preservation and a quest for modernism. The city's urban heritage includes vernacular and colonial, but the most interesting buildings, according to Gérard Tognimassou, a teacher from the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain, a school for the preservation of the African cultural heritage, are those that reveal 'a great craftsmanship in the fusion between the Brazilian and the African styles.'

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