Ghosts of Archive draws on the discourses of deconstruction, intersectionality and
archetypal psychology to mount an argument that archive is fundamentally and structurally …

This scholarly account traces the emergence of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa in the early
nineteenth century, under the rule of the ambitious and iconic King Shaka. In contrast to …

European archives hold historical voice recordings that were produced by linguists,
ethnologists and musicologists during colonial rule in African countries. While these …

African historians frequently argue that it is almost impossible to research postcolonial
history because of the absence or haphazard nature of African archives. I argue that this is …

The nexus between heritage, power and ideology almost seems self-evident, at least at first
sight. Is not heritage, or the announcement of something as heritage, per se ideological …

Examines indigenous oral traditions and histories in order to explain the factors propelling
sociopolitical consolidation and the emergence of chiefdoms and kingdoms in nineteenth …

In most of Africa there are written materials from the eras before colonialism that offer a view
of the kinds of ideas, cultural life, and currents of political thought, as well as practices and …

Shaped as much by fractures, uncertainties and changes in contemporary social and
political life, the current dilapidation of the South African national archival system is a more …

Archives used in Africanist historical research include those of the colonial state,
postcolonial national archives, missionary archives, personal papers, political party …

Creating African Fashion Histories examines the stark disjuncture between African self-
fashioning and museum practices. Conventionally, African clothing, textiles, and body …