
National Museums in Africa
Identity, History and Politics
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
266 pages
978-1-032-05853-5 (ISBN)
Description
National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives.
Covering all regions of the continent, the volume's thirteen chapters allow for a deep and nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between past and present in contemporary Africa. Taking stock of the shifting museum landscape in Africa, with new players like China and South Korea challenging the conditions of cultural exchange, the book demonstrates that national museums are being rediscovered as important sites of political engagement and cultural negotiation. This is the first book to critically examine the roles national museums in Africa have played in the societies in which they are situated, but it is also the first to consider the roles that national museums might play in current debates concerning the restitution and repatriation of cultural patrimony taken from Africa during the colonial era.
Informed by a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, this ground-breaking book will appeal to anyone interested in museums in Africa. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students working in the areas of museum and heritage studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, art history and cultural studies.
Covering all regions of the continent, the volume's thirteen chapters allow for a deep and nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between past and present in contemporary Africa. Taking stock of the shifting museum landscape in Africa, with new players like China and South Korea challenging the conditions of cultural exchange, the book demonstrates that national museums are being rediscovered as important sites of political engagement and cultural negotiation. This is the first book to critically examine the roles national museums in Africa have played in the societies in which they are situated, but it is also the first to consider the roles that national museums might play in current debates concerning the restitution and repatriation of cultural patrimony taken from Africa during the colonial era.
Informed by a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, this ground-breaking book will appeal to anyone interested in museums in Africa. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students working in the areas of museum and heritage studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, art history and cultural studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Illustrations
40 s/w Abbildungen, 39 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 1 s/w Zeichnung, 7 s/w Tabellen
7 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 39 Halftones, black and white; 40 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
436 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-05853-5 (9781032058535)
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Identity, History and Politics
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Identity, History and Politics
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Identity, History and Politics
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Persons
Raymond Silverman, a historian of the visual cultures of Africa, is Professor Emeritus of History of Art, African Studies and Museum Studies at University of Michigan.
George Henry Okello Abungu is an archaeologist and Emeritus Director-General of the National Museums of Kenya. He is the founding Chairman of Africa 2009, the International Standing Committee on the Traffic in Illicit Antiquities, and the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa.
Peter Probst is Professor in the Department of Art History at Tufts University, Boston, where he directs the Museums, Memory and Heritage Program. He has published widely on African modernism, iconoclasm, and the politics of heritage.
George Henry Okello Abungu is an archaeologist and Emeritus Director-General of the National Museums of Kenya. He is the founding Chairman of Africa 2009, the International Standing Committee on the Traffic in Illicit Antiquities, and the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa.
Peter Probst is Professor in the Department of Art History at Tufts University, Boston, where he directs the Museums, Memory and Heritage Program. He has published widely on African modernism, iconoclasm, and the politics of heritage.
Editor
Prof., University of Michigan
Director-General, National Museums of Kenya
Prof., Tufts University, Boston
Content
List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Visibility, Democracy, and the National Museum Network in Morocco; Chapter 2: The Sudan National Museum and National Heritage in Sudan; Chapter 3: National Identities and the National Museum of Ethiopia; Chapter 4: National Museums of Kenya: From Inception to the Post-Devolution Era; Chapter 5: Collecting Obsolete Things at the Uganda Museum; Chapter 6: Korea and the New National Museum in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Building a Museum, Building Relations?; Chapter 7: Le Musee des Civilisations Noires: A Continuous Creation of Humanity; Chapter 8: The National Museum of Mali, 1960 - Present: Protecting and Promoting the National Cultural Heritage; Chapter 9: Le Musee National Boubou Hama du Niger: A Return to Research; Chapter 10: Giving the National Museum of Ghana a New Life; Chapter 11: The Nigerian National Museums and the Challenges of National Unity and Development: The Black Benz and the Return of Lost Treasures; Chapter 12: Towards a Critical History of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe: Rethinking Pastness and Materiality; Chapter 13: Rethinking the National and the Museum at Iziko Museums of South Africa; Coda: National Museums in Africa: A Conversation; Index.