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Crosses conventional theoretical, temporal, and geographical
boundaries to show how the Ndau of southeast Africa actively shaped
their own identity over a four-hundred-year period. With this first
comprehensive history of the Ndau of eastern Zimbabwe and central
Mozambique, Elizabeth MacGonagle moves beyond national borders to
show how cultural identities are woven from historical memories
that predate the arrival of missionaries and colonial officials on
the African continent. Drawing on archival records and oral
histories from throughout the Ndau region, her study analyzes the
complex relationships between social identity and political power
from 1500 to 1900. Ndauness has been created and recreated within
communities through marriages and social structures, cultural
practices that mark the body, and rituals that help to sustain
shared beliefs. A senseof being Ndau continues to exist into the
present, despite different colonial histories, postcolonial
trajectories, and official languages in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
MacGonagle's study of ethnic identities among the marginalizedNdau
sheds light on the conflicts and divisions that haunt southeast
Africa today. This compelling interpretation of the crafting of
identity in one corner of Africa has relevance for readers
interested in identity formation andethnic conflict around the
world. Elizabeth MacGonagle is Assistant Professor of African
History at the University of Kansas.
Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience
untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic'
cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the
'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Tourism is
important for Africa: international tourist arrivals to Africa
continue to grow, income from tourism is crucial to national
economies, and tourism investments are considered among the most
profitable. This edited volumedeals with the interaction of local
communities with tourists coming into their areas and villages.
Based upon a common theoretical approach, fourteen cases of African
tourism are discussed which involve direct contact between 'hosts'
and 'guests'. The viewpoint throughout is from the side of the
locals, establishing how the processes of interaction shape each
small scale destination. Crucial in Africa is the fact that the
large majority of tourism is game oriented and the interaction
between locals and visitors is very much 'tainted' by this fact.
Central is the notion of the tourist bubble - the infrastructure
that is generated locally (and internationally) for hosting
tourists, as it is this institutional interface that tends to
impact on the local society and culture, not the tourists
themselves directly. The examples come from all over Africa, from
the Sahara to the Eastern Cape, and from Kenyato Ghana. All
contributions are based upon original fieldwork. Walter van Beek is
professor of anthropology at Tilburg University and Senior
Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden; Annette Schmidt
is curatorof the African department at the National Museum of
Ethnology in Leiden, and is an archaeologist with a long experience
in cultural management projects.
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