National Museums in Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Identity, History and Politics
Redaktion: Silverman, Raymond; Probst, Peter; Abungu, George

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000428728
• Artikelnr.: 62142022

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Musée 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 Musée 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.