The politics of heritage in Africa :
The politics of heritage in Africa : economies, histories, and infrastructures /
edited by Derek Peterson, and Kodzo Gavua,
- New York: Cambridge University, 2015.
- xx, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- The international African library .
Papers first presented at a conference held July 2011 at Museum Africa, Johannesburg.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
Introduction: heritage management in colonial and contemporary Africa / Heritage and legacy in the South African state and university / Seeing beyond the official and the vernacular : the Duncan Village Massacre memorial and the politics of heritage in South Africa / Fences, signs and property : heritage, development and the making of location in Lwandle / Monuments and negotiations of power in Ghana / Of chiefs, tourists and culture : heritage production in contemporary Ghana / Human remains, the disciplines of the dead, and the South African memorial complex / Heritage vs. heritage : reaching for pre-Zulu identities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa / 9/11 and the painful death of an Asante king : national tragedies in comparative perspective / Visions of ethnicity in nineteenth-century African linguistics / The role of language in forging new identities : countering a heritage of servitude / Folk opera and the cultural politics of post-independence Ghana : Saka Acquaye's "The lost fishermen" / Flashes of modernity : heritage according to cinema / Conclusion / Derek Peterson -- Daniel Herwitz -- Gary Minkley and Phindi Mnyaka -- Leslie Witz and Noëleen Murray -- Kodzo Gavua -- Ray Silverman -- Ciraj Rassool -- Mbongiseni Buthelezi -- Kwesi Yankah -- Judy Irvine -- Mary Esther Dakubu -- Moses Nii-Dortey -- Litheko Modisane -- Carolyn Hamilton.
9781107094857 (hardback)
2014038236
Cultural property--Political aspects--Ghana--Congresses.
Cultural property--Political aspects--South Africa--Congresses.
Heritage tourism--Political aspects--Ghana--Congresses.
Heritage tourism--Political aspects--South Africa--Congresses.
Cultural property--Protection--Ghana--Congresses.
Cultural property--Protection--South Africa--Congresses.
Ethnological museums and collections--Political aspects--Ghana--Congresses.
Ethnological museums and collections--Political aspects--South Africa--Congresses.
DT510.4 / .P65 2015
363.69096
Papers first presented at a conference held July 2011 at Museum Africa, Johannesburg.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
Introduction: heritage management in colonial and contemporary Africa / Heritage and legacy in the South African state and university / Seeing beyond the official and the vernacular : the Duncan Village Massacre memorial and the politics of heritage in South Africa / Fences, signs and property : heritage, development and the making of location in Lwandle / Monuments and negotiations of power in Ghana / Of chiefs, tourists and culture : heritage production in contemporary Ghana / Human remains, the disciplines of the dead, and the South African memorial complex / Heritage vs. heritage : reaching for pre-Zulu identities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa / 9/11 and the painful death of an Asante king : national tragedies in comparative perspective / Visions of ethnicity in nineteenth-century African linguistics / The role of language in forging new identities : countering a heritage of servitude / Folk opera and the cultural politics of post-independence Ghana : Saka Acquaye's "The lost fishermen" / Flashes of modernity : heritage according to cinema / Conclusion / Derek Peterson -- Daniel Herwitz -- Gary Minkley and Phindi Mnyaka -- Leslie Witz and Noëleen Murray -- Kodzo Gavua -- Ray Silverman -- Ciraj Rassool -- Mbongiseni Buthelezi -- Kwesi Yankah -- Judy Irvine -- Mary Esther Dakubu -- Moses Nii-Dortey -- Litheko Modisane -- Carolyn Hamilton.
9781107094857 (hardback)
2014038236
Cultural property--Political aspects--Ghana--Congresses.
Cultural property--Political aspects--South Africa--Congresses.
Heritage tourism--Political aspects--Ghana--Congresses.
Heritage tourism--Political aspects--South Africa--Congresses.
Cultural property--Protection--Ghana--Congresses.
Cultural property--Protection--South Africa--Congresses.
Ethnological museums and collections--Political aspects--Ghana--Congresses.
Ethnological museums and collections--Political aspects--South Africa--Congresses.
DT510.4 / .P65 2015
363.69096