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Decolonizing African Art History and Heritage
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In Mubende Hill, Uganda, African art history lives through its spiritual traditions. Centering the agency of ritual objects and the ancestral Omweyimirize tree, this book reveals how clay pots, cal...
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01 August 2026

In Mubende Hill, Uganda, African art history lives through its spiritual traditions. Centering the agency of ritual objects and the ancestral Omweyimirize tree, this book reveals how clay pots, calabashes, Bachwezi cups and other artefacts mediate healing, identity, and continuity among the Balyammere. Drawing on oral histories, participatory fieldwork and decolonial critique, the author challenges museum practices that silence sacred objects by stripping them from context. It foregrounds indigenous interpretive authority while highlighting contemporary artistic re-engagements that sustain cultural knowledge, spiritual vitality and African epistemic sovereignty.
Price: £104.00
Pages: 224
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Series: African Worlds: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Publication Date:
01 August 2026
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781836956068
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, HISTORY / Africa / General, Cultural studies: customs & traditions, Museology & heritage studies