Colonial Heritage, Memory and Sustainability in Africa

Yaya Fonye Odette

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This book serves as a drive and medium for constructive analysis, critical thinking, and informed change in the broad area of cultural heritage studies. In Africa, how to overturn the gory effects and reverse the wholesale obnoxious and unpardonable losses suffered from the excruciating experience of colonialism in a manner that empowers the present and future generations, remains a burning question. Colonial and liberation war heritage have received insignificant attention. The relevance, nature, and politics at play when it comes to the role of memory and colonial heritage in view of nation-building and sustainability on the continent is yet to receive careful practical and theoretical attention and scrutiny from both heritage scholars and governments. Yet, colonial heritage has vast potentials that if harnessed could reverse the gargantuan losses of colonialism and promote sustainable development in Africa. The book critically reflects on the opportunities, constraints, and challenges of colonial heritage across Africa. It draws empirical evidence from its focus on Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, and Mozambique, to advance the thesis that cultural heritage in Africa, and in particular colonial heritage, faces challenges of epic proportions that require urgent attention.

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• African Studies

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• Publié par: Langaa RPCIG
• Date de parution: 13 décembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789956763252
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

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question. Colonial and liberation war heritage have received insignificant

reflects on the opportunities, constraints, and challenges of colonial heritage

COLONIAL HERITAGE, MEMORY COLON L H RITAGE, MEMORY and SUSTAINABILITY in AFRICA C HALLENGES , O PPORTUNITIESAND P ROSPECT EDITED BY Munyaradzi Mawere and Tapuwa R. Mubaya

EDITED BY

Colonial Heritage, Memory and Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects

Edited by Munyaradzi Mawere & Tapuwa R. Mubaya

L a ng a a R esea rch & P u blishing CIG Mankon, Bamenda

Publisher: LangaaRPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group P.O. Box 902 Mankon Bamenda North West Region Cameroon [e-mail] www.langaa-rpcig.net Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective [e-mail] www.africanbookscollective.com ISBN: 9956-763-72-1 ©Munyaradzi Mawere & Tapuwa R. Mubaya 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher

List of Contributors

Munyaradzi Mawerea PhD in Social Anthropology from holds the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Dr Mawere also holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy and B. A. (Hons) Degree in Philosophy from the University of Zimbabwe. He is currently Professor in the Department of Culture and Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University. Before joining this university, Dr Mawere was a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe and at Universidade Pedagogica, Mozambique, where he has also worked in different capacities as a Senior lecturer, Assistant Research Director, Postgraduate Co-ordinator and Associate Professor. He has an outstanding publishing record of more than one hundred pieces of work which include more than twenty books and over ninety book chapters and papers in scholarly journals. His research interests include, but not limited to, development and knowledge studies, political anthropology, science and technology studies, environmental issues, African studies, coloniality, decoloniality, post-coloniality, African political systems, culture and heritage studies. Tapuwa Raymond Mubayais a Lecturer and a PhD candidate at Great Zimbabwe University, Faculty of Culture and Heritage Studies. Before joining Great Zimbabwe University, Mr. Mubaya worked for National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) for eight years as the Curator of Archaeology and Head of the Great Zimbabwe Monument Conservation Centre. Currently he is heading the Department of Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University. Mr Mubaya holds a Master of Arts Degree in Heritage Studies from the University of Zimbabwe. He is also a member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) and the Zimbabwe Association of Professional Archaeologists and related Disciplines (ZAPAD). His current research interests are focussed on heritage management and conservation, cultural tourism and museums. Mubaya has written and published fourteen articles in internationally esteemed scholarly

journals and is the co-editor of the legendary text:African Cultures, Memory and Space: Living the Past Presence in Zimbabwean Heritage. Richard Asanteis a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. He holds a doctorate degree in Political Science from the University of Ghana under the Harvard University, USA/University of Ghana Split-PhD Programme. Dr. Asante is also the Head and Research Coordinator of the History and Politics Unit of the Institute of African Studies, responsible for initiating and coordinating teaching and research projects in the unit in particular and the Institute in general. His research interests span the political economy of African development, democratisation, and human security. In addition to teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in African politics and development, he has published on democracy and public sector governance, human security and decentralisation. Dr. Asante is currently the Regional Manager of Anglo West Africa of the Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM), a research Project designed to provide an alternative measurement of democracy, hosted at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. ‘Layo Ògúnlo޿láwas born in a village called Omido in Ìré޿pò޿dùn Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria some fifty-six years back, Dr. Ògúnlo޿lá O޿mo޿layò޿ Dúrótadé attended Ará-United Primary School, Àrándùn/Omido, Esìé޿/Ìlúdùn Anglican Grammar School, both in Kwara State, Federal Teachers’ College, Ankpa, School of Basic Studies, Kwara State College of Technology (now Kwara State Polytechnic), Ìlo޿rin, Kwara State, Nigeria for his GCE Advanced Level. He bagged his First Degree B.ed (Hons), Yorùbá at the University of Ìbàdàn, Ò޿yó޿ State, Nigeria, M.A. Degree in Yorùbá from University of Ilo޿rin, Nigeria and Ph.D in Yorùbá Literature also from University of Ìlo޿rin, Nigeria. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ìlo޿rin, Nigeria. Dr. Ògúnlo޿lá has written a number of texts. They include: È޿yìnÒ޿rò޿ (Prose), OhunOjúwá (Play), Kòsó޿rò޿ (Prose), O޿gbó޿nÌlànàÌkó޿niníÈdèYorùbá and O޿pé޿ye޿míÌgbè޿yìnádùn (Play), now with the Press. He also has over

eighteen home-based, National and International paper articles to his credit. He is married and blessed with children. Oluғwӑleғ TҽwӑgboyeҒ was born in OҒgboғmӑৢӑ, ӐҒ yӑ State, Nigeria ғ ғғҒ ғ th on 18 June, 1966. He had his Primary Education at St. Paul Anglican Primary School, Bamikҽmӑ,Ilҽ-Oluғji, OnҒdoғState, Nigeria ғ Ғ in 1978. He attended Local Authority Secondary Modern School, IҒpetu IҒjҽৢaҒ,ৢӐ Ғ un State, Nigeria between 1979 and 1980. He had his Ғ Secondary education at AҒbaҒriғCollege, Lipanu- Comprehensive Iyerҽ, OnҒdoғ State, Nigeria, between 1980 and 1986, where he ғ obtained his Secondary Certificate. He thereafter attended OҒgboғmӑৢӑ Grammar School, OҒgboғmӑৢӑ, ӐҒ yӑ State of Nigeria Ғ ғ Ғ ғ ғ between 1986 and 1988 where he obtained Advanced Certificate. He attended University of IҒlӑrin, IҒlӑrin, Kwara State, Nigeria between 1989 and 1994 where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Yorùbá Studies. He obtained his Masters of Public Administration (MPA) in Personnel Administration from University of IҒlӑrin, IҒlӑrin, Kwara State Nigeria in 1998. He obtained his Masters of Arts in Yorùbá Literature from EҒkiҒtiҒUniversity, State Adoғ-EҒkiҒtiҒ, EҒkiҒtiҒ, Nigeria in 2010. He is on the verge of his PhD defense at the EҒkiҒtiҒState University Adoғ-EҒkiҒtiҒ, EҒkiҒtiҒState, Nigeria. Dr. TҽwӑgboyeҒ has been working as a lecturer in the Department ғ ғ of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of IҒlӑrin, IҒlӑrin, Kwara State, Nigeria since 1998 to date. His research interests are in Yorùbá Culture, Literature and Stylistics. He has published in local, national and international journals. Farai Mudododzi Chabatais Senior Curator of Ethnography with the National Museum and Monuments of Zimbabwe. He obtained his M.A in African History with the University of Zimbabwe. His research interests include heritage management, intangible cultural heritage and collections management. Moussa Traoré is a lecturer at the English Department of the University of Cape Coast in Ghana where he teaches Literature. He received a BA and an MA from the English Department of the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and an MPhil from the English Department of the University of Ghana, Legon. Moussa

Traoré holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Illinois State University (USA) and a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from the same university and he is currently completing an MA in Environmental Management Policy (EMP) at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) of the University of Cape Coast (Ghana). He is a member of African Studies Association (ASA), African Literature Association (ALA) and Modern Languages Association (MLA). He did some extensive work in Translation- Interpretation (French &English) and his research interest focusses on Pan Africanism, Diasporan Studies, Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Postcolonialism, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and English as a Second Language (ESL). He published a book titled:Intersecting Pan-Africanisms: Africa, North America and the Caribbeanseveral articles in academic journals. and He has also presented papers at several international conferences. Ngonidzashe Marongweis a lecturer in the History and Development Studies Department at the Great Zimbabwe University located in Masvingo City, Zimbabwe. He holds a PhD in African History from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. He is a past Andrew Mellon Foundation Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research, UWC (2009–2010 & 2012); and a SEPHIS fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, India (2011). George Anderson Jnrholds a Bachelor of Education Arts and Master of Philosophy Degrees in the study of Religion and Human Values from the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast-Ghana. Currently, he is a Principal Research Assistant in the Department of Religion and Human Values, University of Cape Coast in the section of Ethics and Society. He has eight internationally published articles to his credit. His research interests are in the area of Philosophy of Religion, Akan Ethics, Humanistic Ethics, Logic, and Penteco-Charismatic Church Studies.

Godhi Bvocho is an Archaeologist and the Director of the Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences in Harare. His research interests are in the areas of archaeological remains, museum objects, and material culture in general. Kojo Okyere is a Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Human Values at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, where he received his MPhil, and BA. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the same university. Kojo Okyere also has a certificate in Marketing, from Chartered Institute of Marketing in the United Kingdom. He is a member of Ghana Association of Biblical Exegetes, and African Association for the Study of Religion. His current research interests are in the areas of bible, Africa and development, biblical hermeneutics, wisdom literature of the Old Testament, and the concept of work in the Old Testament. He has several articles in academic journals, and has presented papers at several international conferences. Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri is a lecturer in the Department of History and Development Studies at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe. He is a holder of a PhD in History from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published a number of books and articles which focus on environmental issues, socio-cultural dynamics, subaltern struggles and politics in Zimbabwe during the colonial and post-colonial periods. Nkwazi Mhangoreceived his B.A (CRS 4 yrs.) from the University of Winnipeg (Canada) majoring in Conflict Resolution Studies. He is currently in his last year of his MA in Peace and Conflict at Arthur V. Mauro at the University of Manitoba (Canada) ready to jump into PhD program at the same centre in 2016. Mhango studied law at the University of Dar Es Salaam Tanzania. Mhango is author of three books, Saa Ya Ukombozi (Tanzania Education Publisher-TEPU, 2009) which means the Hour of Liberation, Nyuma Ya Pazia or Behind the Curtains (Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group (Langaa RPCIG) Cameroon) which exposes corruption in Tanzania

as a typical replica of corruption in Africa and Soul on Sale (Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group (Langaa RPCIG) Cameroon), which is poetry satirizing African rulers for begging and corruption and Born with Voice (poetry) that came in Sept., 2015. He is currently waitingfor other four books to be out any time in 2015. They are Africa Reunite or Perish, Bornwith Voice (Poetry) REMOVE THIS, and Fikra zaKimapinduzi or Liberation Thoughts. Also, has contributed a chapter inAfrican Heritage book edited by Prof Munyaradzi Mawere also expected to be outsoon. Also, Mhango is a columnist to four local Newspapers in Tanzania namelythe English Daily Guardian, two Swahili dailies, Tanzania Daima and Nipashe andone Swahili Weekly, Dira ya Mtanzania to which he contributes weekly. He stillhas many manuscripts he is still working on among which is The Manifesto ofAfrica which he has authored in conjunction with prof. Mawere, The Song of the Oppressed, Song of Equality, Africa’s Best and Worst Managers and many more. Mhango speaks Swahili, English and French and other African local languages. Also, Mhango is the member of Writers’ Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL), St. John’s NL, Canada. Blessed Magadzikeborn in Mutare, Eastern Zimbabwe on was th the 10 of September 1974 and he completed his primary and secondary education there. He has a keen interest in aspects of Zimbabwe’s war histories and its legacies, especially that of memorialisation and representation. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Museums and Heritage Studies from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and was awarded a Mellon Scholarship that led to a Masters of Arts Degree in History from the University of the Western Cape, also in South Africa. His MA degree also specialised in the same field of Museums and Heritage Studies. Blessed is currently a National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Fellow at the University of Cape Town, Historical Studies department where he is studying for a PhD. Blessed’s PhD research is an attempt to revisit the historical omissions that occurred in postcolonial Zimbabwe’s representations of its colonial past. The study seeks to reconstruct

Zimbabwe’s popularised historical narrations by offering the former war refugee a platform to add his/her voice to the existing historical grand narrative. He is also employed as a Curator of Archaeology responsible for the Archaeological Survey by the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe and is based at the Museum of Human Sciences in Harare. Lovemore Mandima is the Director of National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe’s Southern Region which is headquartered at Great Zimbabwe National and World Heritage Site. Mr Mandima holds the following qualifications: an Msc in Strategic Management (Chinhoyi University of Technology), Bachelor of Arts General Degree, and a Diploma in War and Strategic Studies both with the University of Zimbabwe.