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The silence of Great Zimbabwe : contested landscapes and the power of heritage

Author:Joost Fontein

Summary:Examining the politics of landscape and heritage through the example of Great Zimbabwe National Monument, the author focuses on the site's position in local contests between the Nemanwa, Charumbira and Mugabe clans over land, power and authority, with elders of each clan appealing to different constructions of the past

Print Book, English, 2006

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: UCL Press, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, 2006

Physical Description:xvii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9781844721238, 9781844721221, 9781598742206, 9781598742213, 184472123X, 1844721221, 1598742205, 1598742213

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:62344815

Subjects:

Antiquities

Archaeology and history

Archaeology and history Zimbabwe

Archéologie et histoire Zimbabwe

Cultuurgoed

Grand Zimbabwe (Ville ancienne)

Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city)

Groß-Simbabwe

Het Verleden

Historiography

Kollektives Gedächtnis

Landschappen

Monumenten

Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Zimbabwe

Power (Social sciences)

Power (Social sciences) Zimbabwe

Simbabwe <Ruinenstätte>

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Antiquités

Zimbabwe Antiquities

Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city)

Zimbabwe Historiographie

Zimbabwe Historiography

Contents:

Part 1. The silence of unrepresented pasts at Great Zimbabwe. The "Zimbabwe controversy" : the power of "fact" over "fiction"

Great Zimbabwe in local "history-scapes"

"Traditional connoisseurs" of the past

The silence of Great Zimbabwe : from mystery and untold stories to a silence of anger

Part 2. The silence of anger at Great Zimbabwe. Silence, destruction and closure at Great Zimbabwe : local narratives of desecration and alienation

"Let us fight and rebuild" : nationalism and Great Zimbabwe

"Mapfupa edu achamuka (our bones will rise) : nationalist mythology of the first Chimurenga

NMMZ and Great Zimbabwe : the professionalisation of heritage management

UNESCO and the power of world heritage

Beyond 2000 : patriotic history and Great Zimbabwe