Review: Derek R. Peterson, Kodzo Gavua, and Ciraj Rassool (eds), The Politics of Heritage in Africa: Economies, Histories, and Infrastructures (2015)

Abstract

Review of the edited volume:Derek R. Peterson, Kodzo Gavua, and Ciraj Rassool (eds), The Politics of Heritage in Africa: Economies, Histories, and Infrastructures, London: International African Institute; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781107094857, 291 pages

Keywords

• political science, African studies
• cultural heritage, views of history, political culture, cultural policy, legitimation of rule
• 300, 301, 306, 320
• Africa south of the Sahara, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
• present