Title & Author:

Museums & archaeology in West Africa / edited by Claude Daniel Ardouin.

Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press ; Oxford : J. Currey, 1997.

Description:

xiv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
"Published on behalf of the West African Museums Programme in association with the International African Institute."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Emmanuel Arinze -- Introduction / Claude Daniel Ardouin -- Ghana : museum & archaeology training / J.R. Anquandah -- Nigeria : The Ibadan experience to date / Bassey W. Andah -- Côte d'Ivoire : the Université nationale & the Musée national : an educational experience / Bernadine Biot -- Senegal : museography in the theory of archaeology teaching / Adama Diop -- Nigeria : the history of the University of Nigeria Museum & its role in fostering research & education / V.E. Chikwendu -- Benin : training in archaeology : the beginning of an experiment / Alexis B.A. Adandé -- Côte d'Ivoire : when scholars abandon the people / Fofana Lemassou -- Mali : the inland delta & the Manding mountains / Téréba Togola -- Nigeria : the case of Jos Museum / Anthonia K. Fatunsin -- Burkina Faso : museums & the archaeological heritage / Antoine Millogo Kalo -- Senegal : towards a new policy to protect sites & monuments / Abdoulaye Camara -- Niger : the case of the Musée national / Mariama Hima -- Cape Verde : site & archaeological heritage conservation at Cidade Velha / Nelida Maria Lima Rodrigues -- Burkina Faso : archaeological information, education & museums / Almissi Porgo -- Mali : opening the Musée national to schools / Seydou Ouattara -- Côte d'Ivoire : the value of the remains of material culture to the knowledge of the peoples / Gilbert Gonnin -- Benin : museums & education / Rashida Ayari de Souza -- Cameroon : the teaching & transmission of archaeology in a national museum / Germain Loumpet -- Kenya : museums, archaeology & the public / George H.O. Abungu -- Nigeria : museums in archaeology education / Yashim Isa Bitiyong.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Exploring practical ways to use archaeological findings in West Africa to preserve and teach history at the local level, twenty archaeologists, museum professionals, and teachers currently working in the region contend that archaeologists must collaborate more closely with both curators and the community at large.

ISBN:

1560987855 (Smithsonian)
9781560987857 (Smithsonian)
0852552378 (J. Currey ; paper)
9780852552377 (J. Currey ; paper)
0852552386 (J. Currey ; cloth)
9780852552384 (J. Currey ; cloth)

Subject:

Archaeology Study and teaching Africa, West.
Archaeology Africa, West.
Archaeological museums and collections Africa, West.
Museums Environmental aspects Africa, West.
Archéologie Étude et enseignement Afrique occidentale.
Archéologie Afrique occidentale.
Archéologie Musées et collections Afrique occidentale.
Musées Aspect de l'environnement Afrique occidentale.
Archaeological museums and collections
Archaeology
Archaeology Study and teaching
Museums Environmental aspects
Archäologie
Museum
Musea.
Archeologie.
Museums Africa, West.
West Africa
Westafrika

Added entries:

Ardouin, Claude Daniel.
West African Museums Programme.
International African Institute.

Museums and archaeology in West Africa

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210924
Call No.: AM91.A3 M8 1997
Status: External loan