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

376 Pages·2016·12.928 MB·English

by  Munyaradzi Mawere, Tapuwa R. Mubaya

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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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Colonial Heritage, Memory
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List of Contributors

Munyaradzi Mawere holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from
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 Mubaya is 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
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Memory and Space: Living the Past Presence in Zimbabwean Heritage.

Richard Asante is 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(cid:1983)lá was born in a village called Omido in Ìré(cid:1983)pò(cid:1983)dùn
Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria some fifty-six
years back, Dr. Ògúnlo(cid:1983)lá O(cid:1983)mo(cid:1983)layò(cid:1983) Dúrótadé attended Ará-United
Primary School, Àrándùn/Omido, Esìé(cid:1983)/Ìlúdùn Anglican Grammar
School, both in Kwara State, Federal Teachers’ College, Ankpa,
School of Basic Studies, Kwara State College of Technology (now
.de Kwara State Polytechnic), Ìlo(cid:1983)rin, Kwara State, Nigeria for his GCE
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eighteen home-based, National and International paper articles to
his credit. He is married and blessed with children.

Olu(cid:1171)w(cid:1233)le(cid:1171) T(cid:1213)(cid:1171)w(cid:1233)(cid:1171)gboye(cid:1170) was born in O(cid:1170)gbo(cid:1171)m(cid:1233)(cid:1170)(cid:2530)(cid:1233)(cid:1171), (cid:1232)(cid:1170)y(cid:1233)(cid:1171) State, Nigeria
on 18th June, 1966. He had his Primary Education at St. Paul
Anglican Primary School, Bamik(cid:1213)(cid:1171)m(cid:1233),Il(cid:1213)(cid:1170)-Olu(cid:1171)ji, On(cid:1170)do(cid:1171) State, Nigeria
in 1978. He attended Local Authority Secondary Modern School,
I(cid:1170)petu I(cid:1170)j(cid:1213)(cid:1170)(cid:2530)a(cid:1170), (cid:1232)(cid:1170)(cid:2530)un State, Nigeria between 1979 and 1980. He had his
Secondary education at A(cid:1170)ba(cid:1170)ri(cid:1171) Comprehensive College, Lipanu-
Iyer(cid:1213)(cid:1171), On(cid:1170)do(cid:1171) State, Nigeria, between 1980 and 1986, where he
obtained his Secondary Certificate. He thereafter attended
O(cid:1170)gbo(cid:1171)m(cid:1233)(cid:1170)(cid:2530)(cid:1233)(cid:1171) Grammar School, O(cid:1170)gbo(cid:1171)m(cid:1233)(cid:1170)(cid:2530)(cid:1233)(cid:1171), (cid:1232)(cid:1170)y(cid:1233)(cid:1171) State of Nigeria
between 1986 and 1988 where he obtained Advanced Certificate.
He attended University of I(cid:1170)l(cid:1233)rin, I(cid:1170)l(cid:1233)rin, 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 I(cid:1170)l(cid:1233)rin, I(cid:1170)l(cid:1233)rin, Kwara State Nigeria in 1998. He obtained his
Masters of Arts in Yorùbá Literature from E(cid:1170)ki(cid:1170)ti(cid:1170) State University,
Ado(cid:1171)-E(cid:1170)ki(cid:1170)ti(cid:1170), E(cid:1170)ki(cid:1170)ti(cid:1170), Nigeria in 2010. He is on the verge of his PhD
defense at the E(cid:1170)ki(cid:1170)ti(cid:1170) State University Ado(cid:1171)-E(cid:1170)ki(cid:1170)ti(cid:1170), E(cid:1170)ki(cid:1170)ti(cid:1170) State, Nigeria.
Dr. T(cid:1213)(cid:1171)w(cid:1233)(cid:1171)gboye(cid:1170) has been working as a lecturer in the Department
of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of I(cid:1170)l(cid:1233)rin, I(cid:1170)l(cid:1233)rin,
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 Chabata is Senior Curator of Ethnography with
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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 Caribbean and several articles in academic journals.
He has also presented papers at several international conferences.

Ngonidzashe Marongwe is 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 Jnr holds 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.
.de Currently, he is a Principal Research Assistant in the Department of
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r sthg section of Ethics and Society. He has eight internationally published
ir llA .G articles to his credit. His research interests are in the area of
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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 Mhango received his B.A (CRS 4 yrs.) from the
.de University of Winnipeg (Canada) majoring in Conflict Resolution
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r sthg Conflict at Arthur V. Mauro at the University of Manitoba (Canada)
ir llA .G ready to jump into PhD program at the same centre in 2016.
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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 Magadzike was born in Mutare, Eastern Zimbabwe on
the 10th 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
.de that led to a Masters of Arts Degree in History from the University
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r sthg specialised in the same field of Museums and Heritage Studies.
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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.
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