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Challenges to identifying and managing intangible cultural heritage in Mauritius, Zanzibar, and Seychelles /
Africa is richly blessed with cultural and natural heritage, key resources for nation building and development. Unfortunately, heritage is not being systematically researched or recognised, denying Africans the chance to learn about and benefit from heritage initiatives. This book offers a prelimina...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dakar, Senegal :
CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Monograph series (Codesria)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Africa is richly blessed with cultural and natural heritage, key resources for nation building and development. Unfortunately, heritage is not being systematically researched or recognised, denying Africans the chance to learn about and benefit from heritage initiatives. This book offers a preliminary discussion of factors challenging the management of intangible cultural heritage in the African communities of Zanzibar, Mauritius and Seychelles. These islands are part of an overlapping cultural and economic zone influenced by a long history of slavery and colonial rule, a situation that has produced inequalities and underdevelopment. In all of them, heritage management is seriously underfinanced and under-resourced. African descendant heritage is given little attention and this continues to erode identity and sense of belonging to the nation. In Zanzibar tensions between majority and minority political parties affect heritage initiatives on the island. In Mauritius, the need to diversify the economy and tourism sector is encouraging the commercialisation of heritage and the homogenisation of Creole identity. In Seychelles, the legacy of socialist rule affects the conceptualisation and management of heritage, discouraging managers from exploring the island's wide range of intangible heritages. The author concludes that more funding and attention needs to be given to heritage management in Africa and its diaspora. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (93 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-93). |
| ISBN: | 9782869783898 2869783892 1282901281 9781282901285 9786612901287 6612901284 2869783450 9782869783454 2869782683 9782869782686 |