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

    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.

    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.