Description
National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives.
Author: Raymond Silverman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/31/2023
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781032058535
ISBN10: 1032058536
BISAC Categories:
- Reference | General
- Art | Museum Studies
- History | Africa | General
About the Author
Raymond Silverman, a historian of the visual cultures of Africa, is Professor Emeritus of History of Art, African Studies and Museum Studies at University of Michigan.
George Henry Okello Abungu is an archaeologist and Emeritus Director-General of the National Museums of Kenya. He is the founding Chairman of Africa 2009, the International Standing Committee on the Traffic in Illicit Antiquities, and the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa.
Peter Probst is Professor in the Department of Art History at Tufts University, Boston, where he directs the Museums, Memory and Heritage Program. He has published widely on African modernism, iconoclasm, and the politics of heritage.
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