Encompassing studies from Senegal, Ghana, Mauritius, Tanzania, and Kenya, this volume grapples with such essential questions. The authors advocate for the power of archaeology as a tool to disentangle often lengthy and complex landscape histories that both begin before slavery and continue after abolition. They also argue for archaeologists’ central role in reimagining how we might remember and commemorate slavery in places where its history has been forgotten, obscured by European colonialism, or sanitized and simplified for tourist consumption.
The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage.
Encompassing studies from Senegal, Ghana, Mauritius, Tanzania, and Kenya, this volume grapples with such essential questions. The authors advocate for the power of archaeology as a tool to disentangle often lengthy and complex landscape histories that both begin before slavery and continue after abolition. They also argue for archaeologists’ central role in reimagining how we might remember and commemorate slavery in places where its history has been forgotten, obscured by European colonialism, or sanitized and simplified for tourist consumption.
The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage.
Landscapes of Slavery in Africa
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ISBN-13: | 9780367639594 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 12/31/2020 |
Pages: | 150 |
Product dimensions: | 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d) |