This book draws together studies from history, archaeology, linguistics, the performing arts and cinema to show how the lifeways of the past were made into a store of authentic knowledge that political and cultural entrepreneurs could draw from - showing African heritage to be a mode of political organisation.
This book draws together studies from history, archaeology, linguistics, the performing arts and cinema to show how the lifeways of the past were made into a store of authentic knowledge that political and cultural entrepreneurs could draw from - showing African heritage to be a mode of political organisation.
1. Introduction: heritage management in colonial and contemporary Africa D. R. Peterson; 2. Heritage and legacy in the South African state and university D. Herwitz; 3. Seeing beyond the official and the vernacular: the Duncan Village Massacre Memorial and the politics of heritage in South Africa G. Minkley and P. Mnyaka; 4. Fences, signs and property: heritage, development and the making of location in Lwandle L. Witz and N. Murray; 5. Monuments and negotiations of power in Ghana K. Gavua; 6. Of chiefs, tourists and culture: heritage production in contemporary Ghana R. Silverman; 7. Human remains, the disciplines of the dead and the South African memorial complex C. Rassool; 8. Heritage versus heritage: reaching for pre-Zulu identities in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa M. Buthelezi; 9. 9/11 and the painful death of an Asante king: national tragedies in comparative perspective K. Yankah; 10. Visions of ethnicity in nineteenth-century African linguistics J. Irvine; 11. The role of language in forging new identities: countering a heritage of servitude M. E. Dakubu; 12. Folk opera and the cultural politics of post-independence Ghana: Saka Acquaye's 'The Lost Fishermen' M. Nii-Dortey; 13. Flashes of modernity: heritage according to cinema L. Modisane; 14. Conclusion C. Hamilton.
1. Introduction: heritage management in colonial and contemporary Africa D. R. Peterson; 2. Heritage and legacy in the South African state and university D. Herwitz; 3. Seeing beyond the official and the vernacular: the Duncan Village Massacre Memorial and the politics of heritage in South Africa G. Minkley and P. Mnyaka; 4. Fences, signs and property: heritage, development and the making of location in Lwandle L. Witz and N. Murray; 5. Monuments and negotiations of power in Ghana K. Gavua; 6. Of chiefs, tourists and culture: heritage production in contemporary Ghana R. Silverman; 7. Human remains, the disciplines of the dead and the South African memorial complex C. Rassool; 8. Heritage versus heritage: reaching for pre-Zulu identities in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa M. Buthelezi; 9. 9/11 and the painful death of an Asante king: national tragedies in comparative perspective K. Yankah; 10. Visions of ethnicity in nineteenth-century African linguistics J. Irvine; 11. The role of language in forging new identities: countering a heritage of servitude M. E. Dakubu; 12. Folk opera and the cultural politics of post-independence Ghana: Saka Acquaye's 'The Lost Fishermen' M. Nii-Dortey; 13. Flashes of modernity: heritage according to cinema L. Modisane; 14. Conclusion C. Hamilton.
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