Community-based heritage in Africa : unveiling local research and development initiatives

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.

Part I: Backdrop to heritage meanings -- Prelude to the unexpected -- Setting, place, and heritage -- Part II: A biography of a local heritage initiative -- Disorientation and recuperation: relearning heritage in Katuruka Village -- Grassroots heritage work in action -- Spitting pearls: agendas for community research and heritage performance are realized -- Euphoria, cargo cult expectations, and hard reality -- Commentary: fitting Buhaya into global perspectives -- Part III: Community research findings -- HIV/AIDS, the living, and memory -- Intangible heritage: hope lost over erased ethical values -- Commentary: reflections on human rights, senses of place, and heritage -- Heritage lost, heritage regained -- Androcentric perspectives, subaltern conundrums, and learning from snakes -- Njeru, the "white sheep" and her snake -- With Eudes Bambanza and Zuriat Mohamed -- Part IV: Reflections on the Katuruka initiative -- Progress while negotiating potholes -- Harm by greed: "negotiating" heritage rights and land use -- The future of Katuruka: is there hope? -- Part V: Spreading to other communities and concluding thoughts -- Heritage ephemeral, heritage hidden, and heritage revealed at Kanazi Palace -- Kanazi Palace, King Kahigi II, and ethical conundrums in community heritage work -- The "Cave of the dead": genocide, forgotten heritage, and education -- Reflections and connections.