Museums History In West Africa
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Museums History In West Africa
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Author : West African Museums Programme
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 2000
Museums History In West Africa written by West African Museums Programme and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
The contributors to this volume examine the problems of museums being perceived as warehouses for exotic objects presented in an historic way, rather than as research-related centres that are capable of developing and communicating with their public through exhibitions and outreach. Published in association with The West African Museums Programme and the International African Institute; North America: Smithsonian Institution Press
Museums Urban Culture In West Africa
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Author : Alexis Adandé
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 2002
Museums Urban Culture In West Africa written by Alexis Adandé and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
Towns were a recurrent feature of African civilizations and archaeology is a key discipline for the study of urban life before the colonial period but this volume also addresses aspects of modern urban culture: funerary arts, modern sculpture, cholera awareness and the ingenuity of the urban recycling artisan. Published in association with The West African Museums Programme and the International African Institute.
Museums Archaeology In West Africa
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Author : Claude Daniel Ardouin
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1997
Museums Archaeology In West Africa written by Claude Daniel Ardouin and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Literary Collections categories.
The contributors to this volume analyse problems and attitudes involved in the development of links between museum personnel and archaeologists in West Africa, underlining the existing gaps and suggesting possible improvements.BR> Published in association with The West African Museums Programme and the International African Institute; North America: Smithsonian Institution Press
Museums Archaeology W Africa Pb
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Author : ARDOUIN C
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian
Release Date : 1997-08-17
Museums Archaeology W Africa Pb written by ARDOUIN C and has been published by Smithsonian this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-17 with Social Science categories.
The contributors, drawing on their practical experiences in eleven countries, analyse problems and attitudes involved in the development of links between museum personnel and archaeologists, underlining the existing gaps and suggesting possible improvements.
Shadows Of Empire In West Africa
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Author : John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-09-06
Shadows Of Empire In West Africa written by John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-06 with History categories.
These essays reexamine European forts in West Africa as hubs where different peoples interacted, negotiated and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This collection brings together scholars of history, archaeology, cultural studies, and others to present a nuanced image of fortifications, showing that over time the functions and impacts of the buildings changed as the motives, missions, allegiances, and power dynamics in the region also changed. Focusing on the fortifications of Ghana, the authors discuss how these structures may be interpreted as connecting Ghanaian and West African histories to a multitude of global histories. They also enable greater understanding of the fortifications’ contemporary use as heritage sites, where the Afro-European experience is narrated through guided tours and museums.
Out Of Africa
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Author : Louise Daniel Hutchinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Out Of Africa written by Louise Daniel Hutchinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Africa categories.
National Museums In Africa
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Author : Taylor & Francis Group
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-13
National Museums In Africa written by Taylor & Francis Group and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-13 with categories.
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.
Africa S Struggle For Its Art
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Author : Bénédicte Savoy
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2022-04-05
Africa S Struggle For Its Art written by Bénédicte Savoy and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-05 with Art categories.
A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers For decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the world’s foremost experts on restitution and cultural heritage, Savoy investigates extensive, previously unpublished sources to reveal that the roots of the struggle extend much further back than prominent recent debates indicate, and that these efforts were covered up by myriad opponents. Shortly after 1960, when eighteen former colonies in Africa gained independence, a movement to pursue repatriation was spearheaded by African intellectual and political classes. Savoy looks at pivotal events, including the watershed speech delivered at the UN General Assembly by Zaire’s president, Mobutu Sese Seko, which started the debate regarding restitution of colonial-era assets and resulted in the first UN resolution on the subject. She examines how German museums tried to withhold information about their inventory and how the British Parliament failed to pass a proposed amendment to the British Museum Act, which protected the country's collections. Savoy concludes in the mid-1980s, when African nations enacted the first laws focusing on the protection of their cultural heritage. Making the case for why restitution is essential to any future relationship between African countries and the West, Africa’s Struggle for Its Art will shape conversations around these crucial issues for years to come.
Art History In Africa
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Author : J. Vansina
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-06
Art History In Africa written by J. Vansina and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-06 with History categories.
This is a pioneering introduction to a subject that is still at an early srage of academic development. It aims to provide the reader with a systematic method for the historical understanding of African art. Professor Vansina considers the medium, technique, style and meaning of art objects and examines the creative process through which they come into being. Numerous photographs and drawings illustrate his arguments, and help to explain the changes that have taken place.
Ethnographic Collecting And African Agency In Early Colonial West Africa
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Author : Zachary Kingdon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2019-02-21
Ethnographic Collecting And African Agency In Early Colonial West Africa written by Zachary Kingdon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Art categories.
The early collections from Africa in Liverpool's World Museum reflect the city's longstanding shipping and commercial links with Africa's Atlantic coast. A principal component of these collections is an assemblage of several thousand artefacts from western Africa that were transported to institutions in northwest England between 1894 and 1916 by the Liverpool steam ship engineer Arnold Ridyard. While Ridyard's collecting efforts can be seen to have been shaped by the steamers' dynamic capacity to connect widely separated people and places, his Methodist credentials were fundamental in determining the profile of his African networks, because they meant that he was not part of official colonial authority in West Africa. Kingdon's study uncovers the identities of many of Ridyard's numerous West African collaborators and discusses their interests and predicaments under the colonial dispensation. Against this background account, their agendas are examined with reference to surviving narratives that accompanied their donations and within the context of broader processes of trans-imperial exchange, through which they forged new identities and statuses for themselves and attempted to counter expressions of British cultural imperialism in the region. The study concludes with a discussion of the competing meanings assigned to the Ridyard assemblage by the Liverpool Museum and examines the ways in which its re-contextualization in museum contexts helped to efface signs of the energies and narratives behind its creation.