1st Edition
Cultural Heritage Management in Africa The Heritage of the Colonized
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.