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Museums and Urban Culture in West Africa - Emmanuel Arinze

Museums and Urban Culture in West Africa

Buch | Hardcover
180 Seiten
2002
James Currey (Verlag)
978-0-85255-276-6 (ISBN)
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A study of museums and urban culture in West Africa. It addresses: the origins of the urban phenomenon in Africa; museums and investigations into urban culture; urban culture in the museums; and the role of museums in the enhancement of urban culture.

Part 1 Origins of the urban phenomenon in Africa: early towns and the development of urban culture in Ghana - an archaeological view, James Anquandah; colonial town/indigenous town - duality or cultural juxtaposition - the cases of Ouidah and Abomey, Bernardin Agbo; the colonial legacy and self-definition of a Ghanian city - the case of Sekondi-Takoradi, Kofi E. Agovi; the urban development of Swahili civilization, Omar Bwana. Part 2 Museums and investigations into urban culture: court arts in West Africa - finished forms of expression of urban life in pre-colonial cities, Joseph C.E. Adande; Nigerian archaeology and the material aspects of urban culture, Abi Derefaka; research in urban sociology in West Africa - findings and trends, Abdoulaye Bara Diop; urban float traditions in West Africa - a museum perspective, Jenny Oram. Part 3 Urban culture in museums: the urban culture phenomenon - how have museums responded?, Emmanuel N. Arinze; urban material culture in museums - the case of the National Museum of Mali, Salia Male; the impact of urban culture on museums - a Ghana perspective, Isaac Debrah; play and display at the Museum of Mankind, Nigel Barley; the state of collections and the place of urban culture in museums in Togo - problems and prospects, Nayondjoua Djanguenane. Part 4 The role of museums in the enhancement of urban culture: museums in West Africa - the impact on urban cultures, David Aradeon; African ingenuity in recovery and recycling - some aspects of urban artisanal culture, Yaya Savane; the place of women in the museum of St-Louis, Senegal, Fatima Fall; urbanization and heritage in Nigeria, Peter I. Ikwueme.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.3.2002
Reihe/Serie West African Museums Programme
Zusatzinfo 71 b/w. 2 line.
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 185 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater
Reisen Reiseführer Afrika
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-85255-276-9 / 0852552769
ISBN-13 978-0-85255-276-6 / 9780852552766
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