Reclaiming heritage alternative imaginaries of memory in West Africa / Ferdinand de Jong, Michael Rowlands, editors.

Other author De Jong, Ferdinand.
Other author Rowlands, M. J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWalnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press,
Description270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Cultural property--Africa, West.
Cultural property--Protection. --Africa, West.
Memory--Social aspects. --Africa, West.
Africa, West--History.
Africa, West--Antiquities.

SeriesPublications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage
Contents Reconsidering heritage and memory / Mike Rowlands and Ferdinand de Jong -- 'Taking on a tradition' : African heritage and the testimony of memory / Beverley Butler -- Slave route projects : tracing the heritage of slavery in Ghana / Katharina Schramm -- Picturing the past : heritage, photography, and the politics of appearance in a Yoruba City / Peter Probst -- Entangled memories and parallel heritages in Mali / Michael Rowlands -- 'Enchanting town of Mud' : Djenné, a world heritage site in Mali / Charlotte Joy -- A masterpiece of masquerading : contradictions of conservation in intangible heritage / Ferdinand de Jong -- From a glorious past to the lands of origin : media consumption and changing narratives of cultural belonging in Mali / Dorothea Schulz -- Demystified memories : the politics of heritage in post-socialist Guinea / Ramon Sarró -- Palimpsest memoryscapes : materializing and mediating war and peace in Sierra Leone / Paul Basu.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2007034207
ISBN1598743074 (hbk, : alk. paper)
ISBN9781598743074 (hbk. : alk. paper)