Routledge Handbook of Critical African Heritage Studies

By: Ashton Sinamai and John D. Giblin and Shadreck Chirikure and Ishanlosen Odiaua

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Synopsis: This handbook is a foundational reference point for critical heritage research about Africa and its diaspora.Foregrounding the diversity of knowledge systems needed to examine heritage issues in such a diverse continent, the contributors to this volume: argue for an understanding heritage that is at once both natural and cultural, tangible and intangible, political and dissonant, going beyond the physical and objective to include subjective narratives, performances, rituals, memories and emotions examine the pre-coloniality, coloniality, post-coloniality, and decoloniality of current African heritage discourses and their consequences analyse how heritage legislation derived from colonial law is compatible or otherwise with how heritage is perceived, identified and remembered in African communities discuss questions of repatriation, restitution and reparations in relation to the return of artefacts from Western countries illuminate the importance of ‘difficult heritage’ within Africa and its diaspora consider the role of heritage for development in Africa Making a crucial contribution to our understanding of African conceptions and practices of heritage, this book is an important read for scholars of African Studies, heritage and museum studies, archaeology, anthropology and history.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 460 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040047460
Related ISBNs:: 9780367434021, 9781003025832, 9781040047422
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/29/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Ashton Sinamai, John Daniel Giblin, Shadreck Chirikure, and Ishanlosen Odiaua
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Ashton Sinamai
Edited by:: John D. Giblin
Edited by:: Shadreck Chirikure
Edited by:: Ishanlosen Odiaua