Decolonizing African Art History and Heritage
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forthcoming
Heritage Studies
Museum Studies
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- ISBN 9781836956068
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Mubende Hill, Uganda, African art history lives through its spiritual traditions. Centering the agency of ritual objects and the ancestral Omweyimirize tree, this book reveals how clay pots, calabashes, Bachwezi cups and other artefacts mediate healing, identity, and continuity among the Balyammere. Drawing on oral histories, participatory fieldwork and decolonial critique, the author challenges museum practices that silence sacred objects by stripping them from context. It foregrounds indigenous interpretive authority while highlighting contemporary artistic re-engagements that sustain cultural knowledge, spiritual vitality and African epistemic sovereignty.
Claire Nalukenge is a Ugandan art historian and structural textile designer whose scholarship and practice center on indigenous aesthetics, spirituality, and cultural identity. She has co-organized art auctions, curated and facilitated exhibitions and gallery tours.
