Cultural Heritage Management in Africa

The Heritage of the Colonized

George Okello Abungu, Webber Ndoro

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000799125
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Museum Studies

Cultural Heritage Management in Africa explores the diversity of Africa's cultural heritage by analysing how and why this heritage has been managed, and by considering the factors that continue to influence management strategies and systems throughout the African continent.

Including contributions from prominent scholars and heritage professionals working across Africa, the volume presents critical, contemporary perspectives on the state of heritage in the area. Chapters analyse the practices that emanated from different colonial experiences and consider what impact these had – and continue to have – on the management of African heritage. It also critically examines the ideological influence of independence movements on the African continent's management and remembering of heritage, and considers whether there are any differences in heritage management between countries that experienced armed conflicts and those that did not. The volume will be the first to critically assess the state of heritage management now, at a time when vital conversations about the balance between heritage and development is ongoing and the actions of new players have begun to impact the management and practice of heritage in the region.

Cultural Heritage Management in Africa will be essential reading for those engaged in the study of museums and heritage, development, archaeology, anthropology, history and African studies. It will also be of interest to heritage and museum professionals who wish to learn more about the decolonisation of heritage.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures and Table
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Introduction: The Heritage of the Colonised
• 2 Post-Colonial Archaeology in East Africa
• 3 Museums and Heritage in West Africa
• 4 The Exhibition of the African in Post-Colonial Africa: Example from Kenya
• 5 Heritage Governance in Post-Colonial Africa
• 6 Legal Protection of African Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century and Beyond: A Prognosis and Futures Perspective
• 7 The Trouble with Participation: Heritage Places, Politics and Communities in Africa
• 8 ‘Nothing about Us, Without Us’: Heritage, Development and Communities in West Africa
• 9 Slave Trade, Slavery and the Politics of Heritage Representation in Africa: Examples from Kenya and Mauritius
• 10 The Indian Ocean and the history of Indenture: The Making of ‘new’ Nationals and Nations
• 11 Heritage Management Practice in Ethiopia: Is it different?
• 12 World Heritage and development: Is UNESCO a Barrier or Facilitator and do African Opinions Matter?
• 13 The Intangible in World Heritage in Africa: Recognising the Invisible: Case Studies of the Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls World Heritage ZAMBIA, Pendjari National Park, BENIN and Matobo Hill World Heritage Zimbabwe
• 14 Liberation Heritage Typology and World Heritage: From Local Dimensions to ‘Universalism’
• 15 The Nature-Culture Divide in Heritage Classification and Management in Africa: Reality or a Convenience of Management
• 16 Colonial Statues in Post-Colonial Africa: Decolonising the Narrative or Destroying the Heritage?
• 17 World Heritage and Education in Africa: A Landscape of Shifting Priorities
• 18 Conclusion: Heritage Africa. What Next?
• Index