1st Edition

Cultural Heritage Management in Africa The Heritage of the Colonized

Edited By George Okello Abungu, Webber Ndoro Copyright 2022
306 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION: The heritage of the colonized

George Okello Abungu and Webber Ndoro

CHAPTER TWO

Post-Colonial Archaeology in East Africa

Herman O. Kiriama

CHAPTER THREE

Museums and Heritage in West Africa

El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Hamady Bocoum, and Augustin Hall

CHAPTER FOUR

The Exhibition of the African in Post-colonial Africa: Example from Kenya

David Mbuthia and Purity Kiura

CHAPTER FIVE

Heritage Governance in Post- Colonial Africa

Thabo Manetsi

CHAPTER SIX

Legal protection of African cultural heritage in the 21st century and beyond: a prognosis and futures perspective

Ancila Nhamo and Seke Katsamudanga

CHAPTER SEVEN

The Trouble with Participation: Heritage Places, Politics and Communities in Africa

Albino Jopela

CHAPTER EIGHT

‘Nothing about Us, Without Us’: Heritage, Development and Communities in West Africa

Wazi Apoh & Victoria Ndidi Osuagwu

 

CHAPTER NINE

Slave Trade, Slavery, and the Politics of Heritage Representation in Africa: Examples from Kenya and Mauritius

Patrick Abungu and Jean Francois Lafleur

CHAPTER TEN

The Indian Ocean and the history of Indenture: The making of "new" nationals and nations

Satyendra Peerthum & Kiran Chuttoo Jankee

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Heritage Management practice in Ethiopia: Is it different?

Temesgen Burka and Tsehay Eshetie

CHAPTER TWELVE

World Heritage and development: Is UNESCO a barrier or facilitator and do African opinions matter?

Ishanlosen Odiaua & Webber Ndoro

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The Intangible in World Heritage in Africa: Recognizing the invisible:

Case studies of the Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls World Heritage

ZAMBIA, Pendjari National Park, BENIN and Matobo Hill World Heritage Zimbabwe.

John Zulu and Hermionen. Boko Koudakossi

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Liberation heritage typology and World Heritage: From local dimensions to "universalism"

Pascall Taruvinga & Ziva Domingos

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

The Nature-Culture divide in heritage Classification and Management in Africa: reality or a convenience of management

Musawa Musonda-Hamusonde and George Okello Abungu

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Colonial statues in post-colonial Africa: decolonizing the narrative or destroying the heritage?

Shadreck Chirikure, Webber Ndoro, Simbarashe S Chitima, Genius Tevera, Thomas Thondhlana

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

World Heritage and Education in Africa: A landscape of shifting priorities

Sibongile Masuku and Soul Shava

CONCLUSION

Biography

George Okello Abungu is an archaeologist and Emeritus Director-General of the National Museums of Kenya.

Webber Ndoro before re-joining ICCROM in January 2018 as its Director-General was the Director of the African World Heritage Fund.