Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa

Africa's heritage and tourism / Dallen J. Timothy -- Intangible heritage as a cultural asset for African tourism / Moren Tibabo Stone, Lesego Senyana Stone, Goemeone Mogomotsi, and Patricia Mogomotsi -- Indigenous tourism in Africa / Kokel Melubo -- Cultural events and tourism in Africa / Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji -- Religious heritage, tourism and pilgrimage in Africa : historical, traditional and contemporary perspectives / Ermias Kifle Gedecho and Siyabulela Nyikana -- The spatial mismatch between cities and heritage tourism sites in Africa / Gustav Visser -- Rural heritage and tourism in Africa / Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Gladys B. Siphambe -- Growing agri-heritage tourism in Africa : challenges and opportunities / Brent Lovelock, Gebeyaw Degarege and David Adeloye -- Culinary traditions and heritage foods in Africa / Roselyne N. Okech and Dallen J. Timothy -- The transatlantic slave trade : Africa's epitomous heritage tourism / Aaron Yankholmes -- African diaspora tourism : concepts, issues and prospects beyond slavery-oriented heritage / Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong and Ishmael Mensah -- Industrial heritage tourism in Africa : prospects and challenges / Clinton D. van der Merwe and Dallen J. Timothy -- Dark tourism and 'painful pasts' in Africa : concepts, contexts, and challenges / Philip R. Stone -- Colonialism, post-colonialism and its heritage imprint / João Sarmento -- African archaeology and tourism / Liza Gijanto -- Natural heritage : wildlife and nature preserves in the African tourism landscape / Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga and Edson Gandiwa -- Climate change, cultural heritage and tourism in Africa : critical issues and changes / Jarkko Saarinen and Naomi Moswete -- Heritage tourism in Africa : where do we go from here? / Dallen J. Timothy.

"Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective. This book delivers a comprehensive treatise on the interdependent concepts of cultural heritage and tourism. Heritage is one of the most pervasive tourism assets worldwide and lies at the foundations of tourism in many localities, including Africa. However, despite its salience, there has not been a systematic examination of Africa's heritage resources, markets, policies, practices, successes, and challenges in a tourism framework, despite the continent's immense heritage value. This book reviews the different types of heritage that pervade the cultural environment of Africa and comprise its vast heritagescapes. It also examines the increasing potential for the growth of heritage tourism throughout the entire continent. The contributions in this volume delve into current thinking about space and place and their effects on heritage, mobilities, globalization, colonialism and indigeneity, conflict, identity and nation-building, connections with other regions through migration and the slave trade, and a greater emphasis on the ordinary heritage of Africa, which has long been ignored by tourism scholars and industry representatives. The chapters herein are authored by Africa specialists, most being from Africa, offering a truly African perspective. The chapters are conceptually rigorous and empirically rich with examples from all regions of the African continent. This unparalleled interdisciplinary glimpse at cultural heritage and tourism in Africa delivers strong value and is a vital resource for all students and researchers of tourism, cultural studies, heritage studies, geography, anthropology, sociology, history, and global studies"--

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Plates -- Preface -- 1 Cultural Heritage and Tourism -- PART 1 -- 2 Consumption of Culture: Heritage Demand and Experience -- 3 The Heritage Supply: Attractions and Services -- 4 Spatial Perspectives and Heritage Resources -- 5 Looking for Something Real: Heritage, Tourism and Elusive Authenticity -- 6 Tourism and the Politics of Heritage -- 7 The Need to Conserve the Past: The Impacts of Tourism -- 8 Protective Legislation and Conservation Organizations -- 9 Protecting the Past for Today: Heritage Conservation and Tourism -- 10 Telling the Story: Interpreting the Past for Visitors -- 11 Planning Principles, Sustainability and Cultural Heritage Destinations -- 12 Marketing the Past for Today -- 13 Raising Revenue and Managing Visitors -- PART 2 -- 14 Museums: Keepers of the Past -- 15 Archaeological Sites and Ancient Monuments -- 16 Landscapes of the Elite and the Ordinary -- 17 The Industrial Past -- 18 Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage -- 19 Diasporas, Roots and Personal Heritage Tourism -- 20 Living Heritage, Intangible Culture and Indigenous People -- 21 Dark Tourism: Atrocity and Human Suffering -- 22 Conclusions: The Future of the Past -- References -- Index

Cultural heritage and tourism -- Section 1. Consumption of culture: Heritage demand and experience -- The heritage supply: Attractions and services -- Spatial perspectives and heritage resources -- Looking for something real: Heritage, tourism and elusive authenticity -- Tourism and the politics of heritage -- The need to conserve the past: The impacts of tourism -- Protective legislation and conservation organizations -- Protecting the past for today: Heritage conservation and tourism -- Telling the story: Interpreting the past for visitors -- Planning principles and cultural heritage destinations -- Marketing the past for today -- Raising revenue and managing visitors -- Section 2. Museums: Keepers of the past -- Archaeological sites and ancient monuments -- Landscapes of the elite and the ordinary -- The industrial past -- Religious sites and pilgrimage -- Diasporas, roots and personal heritage tourism -- Indigenous culture -- Dark tourism: Atrocity and human suffering -- Conclusions: The future of the past.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF PLATES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM -- SECTION 1 -- CHAPTER 2. CONSUMPTION OF CULTURE: HERITAGE DEMAND AND EXPERIENCE -- CHAPTER 3. THE HERITAGE SUPPLY: ATTRACTIONS AND SERVICES -- CHAPTER 4. SPATIAL PERSPECTIVES AND HERITAGE RESOURCES -- CHAPTER 5. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING REAL: HERITAGE, TOURISM AND ELUSIVE AUTHENTICITY -- CHAPTER 6. TOURISM AND THE POLITICS OF HERITAGE -- CHAPTER 7. THE NEED TO CONSERVE THE PAST: THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM -- CHAPTER 8. PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION AND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS -- CHAPTER 9. PROTECTING THE PAST FOR TODAY: HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND TOURISM -- CHAPTER 10. TELLING THE STORY: INTERPRETING THE PAST FOR VISITORS -- CHAPTER 11. PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE DESTINATIONS -- CHAPTER 12. MARKETING THE PAST FOR TODAY -- CHAPTER 13. RAISING REVENUE AND MANAGING VISITORS -- SECTION 2 -- CHAPTER 14. MUSEUMS: KEEPERS OF THE PAST -- CHAPTER 15. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND ANCIENT MONUMENTS -- CHAPTER 16. LANDSCAPES OF THE ELITE AND THE ORDINARY -- CHAPTER 17. THE INDUSTRIAL PAST -- CHAPTER 18. RELIGIOUS SITES AND PILGRIMAGE -- CHAPTER 19. DIASPORAS, ROOTS AND PERSONAL HERITAGE TOURISM -- CHAPTER 20. INDIGENOUS CULTURE -- CHAPTER 21. DARK TOURISM: ATROCITY AND HUMAN SUFFERING -- CHAPTER 22. CONCLUSIONS: THE FUTURE OF THE PAST -- REFERENCES -- INDEX