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Challenges to Identifying and Managing Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mauritius, Zanzibar and Seychelles (Paperback)
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Challenges to Identifying and Managing Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mauritius, Zanzibar and Seychelles (Paperback)
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Africa is richly blessed with cultural and natural heritage, key
resources for nation building and development. Unfortunately,
heritage is not being systematically researched or recognised,
denying Africans the chance to learn about and benefit from
heritage initiatives. This book offers a preliminary discussion of
factors challenging the management of intangible cultural heritage
in the African communities of Zanzibar, Mauritius and Seychelles.
These islands are part of an overlapping cultural and economic zone
influenced by a long history of slavery and colonial rule, a
situation that has produced inequalities and underdevelopment. In
all of them, heritage management is seriously underfinanced and
under-resourced. African descendant heritage is given little
attention and this continues to erode identity and sense of
belonging to the nation. In Zanzibar tensions between majority and
minority political parties affect heritage initiatives on the
island. In Mauritius, the need to diversify the economy and tourism
sector is encouraging the commercialisation of heritage and the
homogenisation of Creole identity. In Seychelles, the legacy of
socialist rule affects the conceptualisation and management of
heritage, discouraging managers from exploring the island's
widerange of intangible heritages. The author concludes that more
funding and attention needs to be given to heritage management in
Africa and its diaspora. Rosabelle Boswell is a senior lecturer in
the Anthropology Department at Rhodes University, South Africa and
a specialist of the southwest Indian Ocean islands. Her research
interests include ethnicity, heritage, gender and development.
Boswell's PhD was on poverty and identity among Creoles in
Mauritius and her most recent work is onthe role of scent and
fragrances in the heritage of the Swahili islands of the Indian
Ocean region.
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