A vanishing legacy? threats and challenges in the conservation of the colonial era’s Anglican ecclesiastical heritage in Yorubaland

Sabri, Reyhan; Olagoke, Oluseyi A.

doi:10.1080/13556207.2020.1761684

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“…The study approach is basically deductive with qualitative methodological choices using case study, archival research and interview survey strategies (Saunders, Lewis & Thornhill, 2019). Using cross-sectional time horizon to carry out interviews with critical stakeholders' personnel in land tenure management of Kaduna that yield appropriate eminent domain law applicability (Sabri and Olagoke, 2020). The metropolis is made up of several institutions from primary to secondary and tertiary institutions.…”

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Conflicts of Urban Heritage Land Tenure: Evolving a Template for Appropriate Eminent Domain Law in Kaduna-Nigeria

Ryal-Net¹,

Ogunrayewa²,

Detur³

2020

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The impetus for this paper was the prevailing urban heritage land conflict within Kaduna metropolis due to government arbitrary application of Power of Eminent Domain on allocated infill lands of some intuitions for the said public interest. The paper purpose was set to review the concept of Eminent Domain law in Nigerian urban built environment, understand the varied interest of stakeholders’ diverse influences in land use activities and proposed a template for appropriate legislation and application of Eminent Domain law by government and its agencies in Kaduna metropolis and the nation at large. Methodology adapted for the study was hinged on pragmatic philosophy. Deductive approach with qualitative method using case study, archival and interview survey strategies. The selected institutions cut across tertiary, secondary and primary level with key stakeholders were interviewed. Study data was based on content theoretical analysis for proposition on land use eminent domain law. The study findings showed that government and its agencies seem to have abandoned their principal responsibility of impartial trustee and infrastructures provision in urban development. Furthermore, policy decisions are changed whimsically on the status of most urban land tenure depending on those in power at any particular time, thereby dampening land transactions, development schemes, thus leading to litigations. The study also establishes that while neighbourhoods’ interest and participatory rights remain neglected; indigenous communities often proceed with the land transaction on the presumptuous right of ownership within urban areas, thereby further compounding the conflicting interests. Ultimately, the paper proposed a template for appropriate eminent domain law legislation process and applicability within Kaduna metropolis as well as the country at large. The designed template will serve in enhancing eminent domain law theoretical development and ensure friendly on-site practical application that is based on proactive government policy.

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Conflicts of Urban Heritage Land Tenure: Evolving a Template for Appropriate Eminent Domain Law in Kaduna-Nigeria

Ryal-Net¹,

Ogunrayewa²,

Detur³

2020

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“…They bear witness to transcultural knowledge transfer via the importation of Western design and construction know-how and its adaptation to local conditions. However, recent research has indicated how contemporary owner communities have been afforded carte blanche to undertake radical physical interventions ranging from physical modifications of the fabric to the demolition of these structures (Sabri and Olagoke, 2019a, 2020). There is also some discomfort due to the perception that the modification of the material fabric in parts of Africa is a secular action required for the continuity of religious rituals (Sinou, 1993).…”

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Safeguarding the colonial era's ecclesiastical heritage: towards a sustainable protection-use model

Sabri

Olagoke²

2020

JCHMSD

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the current conservation state of colonial-era ecclesiastical buildings in Yorubaland (South-Western Nigeria) and the mechanics of their upkeep. The article also discusses the parameters of formulating a balanced protection-use model for the management of these buildings.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining participatory observations and documentation, semi-structured interviews and the review of church compendiums. Forty-four church buildings were identified and surveyed, and sixty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted.FindingsA gradual change in how communities value colonial-era churches in contrast to other structures with ecclesiastical legacies has been identified. The challenges and threats to their protection are investigated, revealing a variety of contextual constraints in the current management structure, which prioritizes the expansion of useful space over the conservation of the original fabric, often resulting in extreme modifications. However, there are also opportunities in the current system that could be mobilized to resource a self-sustaining conservation management practice, based on a mutually developed protection-use balance.Originality/valueHeritage policy has not directly addressed the management of ecclesiastical buildings erected during the modern colonial era. This paper is the first in-depth investigation of colonial-era religious structures in the Nigerian context, and one of the few, if not the first, in a former African colonial nation.

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Knowing is Saving: Italian Architecture in Libya and the Case of Benghazi Cathedral

Coccoli,

Arenghi,

Tanghetti

et al. 2024

Advances in Science, Technology &Amp; Innovation

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A vanishing legacy? threats and challenges in the conservation of the colonial era’s Anglican ecclesiastical heritage in Yorubaland

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Conflicts of Urban Heritage Land Tenure: Evolving a Template for Appropriate Eminent Domain Law in Kaduna-Nigeria

Conflicts of Urban Heritage Land Tenure: Evolving a Template for Appropriate Eminent Domain Law in Kaduna-Nigeria

Safeguarding the colonial era's ecclesiastical heritage: towards a sustainable protection-use model

Knowing is Saving: Italian Architecture in Libya and the Case of Benghazi Cathedral

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