Archives, Objects, Places and Landscapes: Multidisciplinary approaches to Decolonised Zimbabwean Pasts - Softcover

Manyanga, Munyaradzi; Chirikure, Shadreck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9956764191 ISBN 13: 9789956764198

Publisher: Langaa RPCID, 2017

Synopsis

Dissatisfaction has matured in Africa and elsewhere around the fact that often, the dominant frameworks for interpreting the continent’s past are not rooted on the continent’s value system and philosophy. This creates knowledge that does not make sense especially to local communities. The big question therefore is can Africans develop theories that can contribute towards the interpretation of the African past, using their own experiences? Framed within a concept revision substrate, the collection of papers in this thought provoking volume argues for concept revision as a step towards decolonizing knowledge in the post-colony. The various papers powerfully expose that ‘cleansed’ knowledge is not only locally relevant: it is also locally accessible and globally understandable.

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About the Authors

Munyaradzi Manyanga is a senior lecturer in archaeology and heritage management at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a licentiate and PhD from Uppsala University, Sweden.

Shadreck Chirikure is an associate professor in the Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town. He has an MA in artefact studies and a PhD in archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Langaa RPCID
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9956764191
• ISBN 13: 9789956764198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500