Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts

This book Draws on five years of research and examples from Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa to analyze in the African context. By considering issues such as authentication, ownership and copyright, it considers how murals and their like can be used as extended or counter-archives. argues that extended archives can reach people in a way that traditional archives cannot and that such archives can be used to bridge the gaps identified within archival repositories. The authors also examine how such archives are managed and authenticated using traditional archival principles. By presenting case studies from organisations such as Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action Archives (GALA) and heritage projects such as the Makgabeng Open Cultural Museum, the authors also analyse Indigenous family praises and songs and explore how such records are preserved and transmitted to the next generation. demonstrates how the voices of the marginalised can be incorporated into archives. will be essential reading for academics and students working in archival studies, library and information science, Indigenous studies, African studies, cultural heritage, history and anthropology.