ISBN:
9781780761527
,
178076152X
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
,
illustrations (some color)
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
International library of African studies 40
Series Statement:
International library of African studies
DDC:
967.62042
Keywords:
Ethnology
;
Collective memory
;
Kenya History 1963-
;
Kenya Cultural policy
;
Kenia
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Nationenbildung
;
Geschichtsschreibung
Abstract:
Origins and development of institutionalised heritage management in Kenya -- Object lessons : learning from the Lari Massacre(s) -- Sacred spaces, political places : the struggle for a sacred forest -- Monuments and memories : public commemorative strategies in contemporary Kenya -- The production and transmission of national history : some problems and challenges.
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index
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