1st Edition
Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa Decolonizing Practice
1: Introduction to Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa: Decolonizing Practice
Innocent Pikirayi and Peter R. Schmidt
2: Maasai People and Oldupai (Olduvai) Gorge: Looking for Sustainable People-Centred Approaches and Practices
Asmeret G. Mehari, Kokeli P. Ryano and Naserian Ndangoya
3: Walking the Long Path to Partnership: Archaeology and Communities in Eastern Africa
George Abungu
4: Collaborative Archaeology and Heritage in Africa: Views from the Trench and Beyond
Peter R. Schmidt
5: Heritage, Memories and Community Development: The case of Shimoni Slave Caves Site, Kenya
Patrick Abungu
6: Archaeology, Local Knowledge and Tradition: The Quest for Relevant Approaches to the Study and Use of the Past in Southern Africa
Southern Africa, Innocent Pikirayi
7: Old Archaeology Camouflaged as New and Inclusive? South African Community Archaeology in the 21st Century
Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu
8: Cultural Pathways to Development Among Communities: The Cultural Banks in Mali
Anne Mayor and Eric Huysecom
9: Perspective on Heritage, Local Community and Archaeological Engagements in Parts of Northern Yorubaland, Nigeria
Jonathan O. Aleru and Kolawole Adekola
10: “We will not Relocate until our Ancestors and Shrines Come with Us”: Heritage and Conflict Management in the Bui Dam Project Area, Ghana
Dam Project area, Ghana Wazi Apoh and Kodzo Gavua
11: In Lieu of Community Archaeology? Mandara Archaeological Project (1984-2008): Outreach and Involvement in Heritage issues
Nic David and Judy Sterner
12: Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa: Conversations inspired by a workshop
Carol McDavid, Uzma Rizvi and Laurajane Smith
Biography
Peter R. Schmidt is Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Florida, USA, as well as Extraordinary Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Innocent Pikirayi is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
"This important text on community involvement with archaeology in Africa constitutes the most extensive examination to date of the roles that African communities can and should play in engaging with archaeologists and cultural heritage management practitioners... An absolutely indispensable text for anyone doing archaeology or heritage management, in Africa or elsewhere. Summing Up: Essential."
— S. MacEachern, Bowdoin College, CHOICE Reviews
"Schmidt and Pikirayi’s edited volume is an important contribution... Archaeologists and heritage practitioners working in Africa may respond defensively to the content of this volume, believing that their practice is not colonial and thus not in need of decolonising. However, it is only through critical reflection and new research approaches, as promoted in this volume, that as archaeologists we can expose to ourselves the underlying colonial biases that the various communities that witness, and are impacted by, our work so often perceive."
— John Giblin, Azania: Archarological Research in Africa
