Independent Museums and Culture Centres in Colonial and Post-colonial Zimbabwe

Independent Museums and Culture Centres in Colonial and Post-colonial Zimbabwe presents case studies that grapple with the issue of 'decolonising practice' in privately owned museums and cultural centres in Zimbabwe.

Introduction: Chapter 1: Museum diversity in Africa: museums, related exhibitionary institutions and non-state players; Part I: Colonial museology, "un-inherited pasts" and decolonial possibilities- Chapter 2: Saving Modern Heritage: The National Railways of Zimbabwe's Railways Museum, Bulawayo; Chapter 3: Legacies of the British Empire: Remembering Rhodes at the Rhodes Nyanga Historical Exhibition, Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe; Chapter 4: Colonial Wounds and The Demand for Social Justice: The Case of The Murray MacDougall Museum; Chapter 5: Museums in Small Places: The Milton High School Museum, Bulawayo; Chapter 6: Colonial Vestiges, Difficult Heritage, and The Post-Colony: Rescuing Ian Smith's Collections at The Gwenoro Ecomuseum, Shurugwi; Part II: Liberation heritage; museum-making, and new narratives- Chapter 7 African Liberation Heritage in The Post-Colonial Period: The Museumisation of Joshua Nkomo's House in Bulawayo; Chapter 8: Liberation Heritage And "Patriotic History": Preserving the Legacy of the 'Soul of The Nation' At KwaVaMuzenda House Museum; Part III: Independent players, communities, and cultural rights- Chapter 9: Independent Living Museums, Intangible Heritage, and Sustainability: The Kambako Living Museum, Chiredzi; Chapter 10: Local Narratives and Decolonised Knowledge Production at Amagugu International Heritage Centre, Matobo District; Chapter 11: Cultural Restoration, Self-Representation, and Community Development: A Case Study of Paiyapo Arts Development and Heritage Centre, Chipinge; Chapter 12: African Aesthetics and Decolonial Aesthesis: Revisiting the Art and Non-Art Debate At The Independent Art Museum In Masvingo; Chapter 13: Towards Community-Driven Curatorship: Traditional Chiefs and Cultural Connoisseurs at The Avuxeni Community Museum, Chiredzi South District; Index.