01525    a2200241   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001400136072001200150072002100162072001500183100002200198245007400220250000600294260003200300300001000332520091500342700002601257131542111920250317111630.0250312042016GB                   eng    a9781315421117  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 39.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aNK2thema7 aHD2bic7 aSOC0030002bisac7 a9662bisac1 aFerdinand de Jong10aReclaiming HeritagebAlternative Imaginaries of Memory in West Africa  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20160603  a270 p  bStruggles over the meaning of the past are common in postcolonial states. State cultural heritage programs build monuments to reinforce in nation building efforts—often supported by international organizations and tourist dollars. These efforts often ignore the other, often more troubling memories preserved by local communities—markers of colonial oppression, cultural genocide, and ethnic identity. Yet, as the contributors to this volume note, questions of memory, heritage, identity and conservation are interwoven at the local, ethnic, national and global level and cannot be easily disentangled. In a fascinating series of cases from West Africa, anthropologists, archaeologists and art historians show how memory and heritage play out in a variety of postcolonial contexts. Settings range from televised ritual performances in Mali to monument conservation in Djenne and slavery memorials in Ghana.1 aMichael Rowlands4B01