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| Title: | Sacred natural sites and cultural heritage in East Africa |
| Editors: | Ballarin, Marie Pierre Kiriama, Herman Pennacini, Cecilia |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Periodical: | Uganda Journal (ISSN 0041-574X) |
| Volume: | 53 |
| Pages: | 234 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Abingdon |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Geographic terms: | Kenya Rwanda Uganda |
| Subjects: | shrines conservation of cultural heritage nature conservation |
| Abstract: | The papers in this special issue of 'Uganda Journal' are the first result of a research project, 'Social historical approaches to natural sacred sites and contemporary implications for the preservation of heritage', which was conducted in the framework of a French Foreign Ministry Research Programme, CORUS. The sites investigated are located in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Contributions: Introduction (Marie Pierre Ballarin, Herman Kiriama and Cecilia Pennacini); Mubende Hill: preserving and transforming heritage in a Ugandan sacred site (Cecilia Pennacini); Twins in myth and music: historical controversies over Winyi I's tomb at Kibulala (Uganda) (Linda Cimardi); Music in the sacred forest of the Rwenzori (Vanna Viola Crupi); Buddo Naggalabi coronation site (Buganda): controversies around a source of unity (Anna Baral); The sacred grove of Gihanga (Rwanda): between historical memory and biodiversity conservation (Ilaria Buscaglia); Rabai at the crossroads of Christianity, anti-slavery crusade and the Mijikenda culture (Kenya), Intangible heritage, identity and archaeology at 'kaya' Mudzi Mwiru (Kenya) (Herman O. Kiriama); Heritage, communities and opportunities: Shimoni slave cave and Wasimi island heritage sites (Kenya) (Patrick O. Abungu). [ASC Leiden abstract] |
