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Reclaiming heritage : alternative imaginaries of memory in West A frica / Ferdinand de Jong, Michael Rowlands, editors. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007. - 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College Lon don. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reconsidering heritage and memory / Mike Rowlands and Ferdinand de J ong -- '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 : herita ge, photography, and the politics of appearance in a Yoruba City / Pete r Probst -- Entangled memories and parallel heritages in Mali / Michael Rowlands -- 'Enchanting town of Mud' : Djennâe, a world heritage site in Mali / Charlotte Joy -- A masterpiece of masquerading : contradictio ns 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 -- Demystifi ed memories : the politics of heritage in post-socialist Guinea / Ramon Sarrâo -- Palimpsest memoryscapes : materializing and mediating war an d peace in Sierra Leone / Paul Basu.

ISBN: 9781598743081

LCCN: 2007-034207

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cultural property--Africa, West.
Cultural property--Protection--Africa, West.
Memory--Social aspects--Africa, West.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, West--History.
Africa, West--Antiquities.

Dewey Class. No.: 966