Great Zimbabwe: Reclaiming a ‘Confiscated’ Past
Author:   Shadreck Chirikure (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367409999


Pages:   338
Publication Date:   30 November 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Shadreck Chirikure (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9780367409999


ISBN 10:   0367409992
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   30 November 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part I: Learning, relearning, and unlearning Great Zimbabwe 1: Unveiling a ‘confiscated’ past 2: Background to ‘Shona concepts’ and the Great Zimbabwe nyika (territory) 3: Biography of Great Zimbabwe: late 18th to 21st centuries 4: Chronology of Great Zimbabwe – relative, absolute, and integrated Part II: Objects, their context, and meaning 5: Misha nedzimba: on households and homesteads 6: Hari, or pottery 7: Crafts, science, technology, and innovation 8: Exotics: fame, prestige, and value Part III: Native cosmologies and ways of knowing 9: Rise and decline: resilience of Great Zimbabwe 10: Urbanism and statehood 11: ‘Reclaimed’ Great Zimbabwe in a wider context: from Egyptian pyramids to decolonised global pasts

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'Shadreck Chirikure deploys decolonial thought and indeed decolonial theory as he delves into indigenous African ideation to decolonize archaeology. What is delivered is a refreshing and indeed original re-reading of Great Zimbabwe and its location in world archaeology. This is indeed a timely and essential book coming out at a moment of insurgent and resurgent planetary decolonization.' Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth, Germany 'This book delivers a new perspective on Great Zimbabwe that will, one hopes, generate debates among African archaeologists and engage western archaeologists in reforming the practice, interpretation, and construction of archaeological narratives in Africa.' Ashton Sinamai, African Archaeological Review


Author Information

Shadreck Chirikure is a Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Archaeological Materials Laboratory, Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town and British Academy Global Professor, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford.

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