The Paramount Hotel, Freetown: Neocolonial Investment and the Business of Tropical Modernism in Sierra Leone

This article examines the planning of the Paramount Hotel in Sierra Leone, completed to the designs of James Cubitt & Partners in 1961, during Sierra Leone’s transition from colonial rule to independence. This paper demonstrates that the hotel was conceived of as a neocolonial instrument planned...

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Auteur principal: Harrison, Ewan
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: ABE Journal 2025
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Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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