This chapter examines the history of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe
(NMMZ), with a particular focus on Great Zimbabwe. We explore how the politics of …

Since time immemorial Africans had a keen interest in their cultural and natural heritage,
hence they developed methods to safeguard and preserve their unique movable and …

This thesis examines the meanings, significances, and roles of heritage across the colonial
and postcolonial eras in Zimbabwe. The study traces dominant ideas about heritage at …

On a global scale, museums are undergoing significant changes in order to suit to the
changing environment. Sadly, Zimbabwean conventional museums are failing to adapt to …

One of the central theoretical and practical issues in post-colonial Africa is the relevance,
nature, and politics at play in the management of museum institutions on the continent. Most …

This chapter looks at the Joshua Nkomo Memorial Museum that was officially opened in
2007 at the residence of Joshua Nkomo (1917–1999). The museum was initiated by the …

There is a growing realisation that in response to official heritage, what Laurajane Smith has
termed Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD), indigenous communities construct and assert …

The history of Zimbabwe's museums and monuments begins with the coming of British
settlers to the colony of Rhodesia in 1890. By 1902 Rhodesia had one fiilly functional …

In Zimbabwe, national museums, archives and other heritage institutions such as galleries
are state controlled institutions which are more often than not used to further certain …

This chapter focusses on the impact of Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902) in Nyanga and
beyond as depicted at the Rhodes Nyanga Historical Exhibition (RNHE), an institution which …