Managing heritage, making peace : history, identity and memory in contemporary Kenya
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Managing heritage, making peace : history, identity and memory in contemporary Kenya
（International library of African studies, 40）
I.B. Tauris, 2014
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-245) and index
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Description
Kenya stands at a crossroads in its history and heritage, as the nation celebrates its fiftieth anniversary of independence from Britain in 2013. At this important juncture, what parts of its history, including the Mau Mau uprising, do citizens and state wish to remember and commemorate and what is best forgotten or occluded? What does heritage mean to ordinary Kenyans, and what role does it play in building nationhood and forging peace and reconciliation? Focusing on the 1990s to the present, "Managing Heritage, Making Peace" is a timely exploration of the ways in which Kenyans are engaging with the past in the present, including such local initiatives as the community peace museums movement, local and national monuments and other notable commemorative actions. The authors show how Kenya is facing a continuing crisis over nationhood, heritage, memory and identity, which must be resolved to achieve social cohesion and peace.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Annie E. Coombes and Lotte Hughes
Chapter One: Origins and Development of Institutionalized Heritage
Management in KenyA: Karega-Munene
Chapter Two: Learning from the Lari Massacre(s): An Object Lesson: Annie E. Coombes
Chapter Three: Sacred Spaces, Political Places: The Struggle for a Sacred Forest: Lotte Hughes
Chapter Four: Monuments and Memories: Public Commemorative Strategies in
Contemporary Kenya: Annie E. Coombes
Chapter Five: The Production and Transmission of National History:
Some problems and challenges: Lotte Hughes
Conclusion Lotte Hughes and Annie E. Coombes
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