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Title:The Phuthadikobo Museum: a record of involvement and achievement, 1976-2006
Author:Grant, SandyISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:Botswana Notes and Records (ISSN 0525-5090)
Volume:38
Pages:60-73
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Botswana
Southern Africa
Subjects:museums
community development
Library and Information Science, Archives, Museums
Phuthadikobo Museum
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/41235987
Abstract:This article examines the pioneering role of an unusual community development project in Mochudi, Botswana, in the thirty years from the establishment of the Phuthadikobo Museum up to 2006. It describes its achievements as a self-help project and the principal features of the project's Trust Deed, noting that the vision of the founders was clearly reflected when it was initially described as an Education Centre rather than a museum. It further describes some of the activities of the museum (collection and displays, craft project, archaeological research), its relationship with the local community, its funding, the achievements of its three directors (including the author of this article), its involvement with Kgosi Linchwe's revival of 'bogwera' (Kgatla traditional initiation ceremonies) between 1975 and 1988, its re-discovery of the 'lost' 19th-century bojale drums, and its current educational role. The article also discusses the museum's publishing achievements and suggests that, unusually for a museum, its most important staff member is the one who is responsable for face-to-face dealings with the general public. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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