This paper will look at the process of museumization in the post colonial state of Zimbabwe
by deeply interrogating the criteria in which ethnographic displays at Mutare Museum were …

The Zimbabwe Military Museum in Gweru seems to be struggling to come out of the colonial
shell in which it was established. The permanent collection on display represents the kind of …

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 …

This introductory chapter provides the much needed background information to
Zimbabwean museology as well as the conceptual framework that informed the various …

We often hear scary news in the media concerning how greenhouse gas emissions are
affecting the ozone layer and giving rise to global climate temperatures. Resources are …

This chapter focusses on the Kambako Living museum, located on the fringes of the popular
Malilangwe Game Reserve in the South Eastern Lowveld in Zimbabwe. This typical “open …

Museums in Nigeria, as in other colonised countries across the globe, are often perceived
as stemming from a Western social construct with origins in colonial administration …

Across the African continent, museums still matter. For local communities and indigenous
groups, museums are regarded as platforms through which to reassert or validate various …