National Museums in Africa

National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives.

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Visibility, Democracy, and the National Museum Network in Morocco; Chapter 2: The Sudan National Museum and National Heritage in Sudan; Chapter 3: National Identities and the National Museum of Ethiopia; Chapter 4: National Museums of Kenya: From Inception to the Post-Devolution Era; Chapter 5: Collecting Obsolete Things at the Uganda Museum; Chapter 6: Korea and the New National Museum in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Building a Museum, Building Relations?; Chapter 7: Le Musée des Civilisations Noires: A Continuous Creation of Humanity; Chapter 8: The National Museum of Mali, 1960 - Present: Protecting and Promoting the National Cultural Heritage; Chapter 9: Le Musée National Boubou Hama du Niger: A Return to Research; Chapter 10: Giving the National Museum of Ghana a New Life; Chapter 11: The Nigerian National Museums and the Challenges of National Unity and Development: The Black Benz and the Return of Lost Treasures; Chapter 12: Towards a Critical History of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe: Rethinking Pastness and Materiality; Chapter 13: Rethinking the National and the Museum at Iziko Museums of South Africa; Coda: National Museums in Africa: A Conversation; Index.