Culture, History and Politics in Malawi: The Production of National Heritage, 1964-2009

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dc.contributor.advisorWitz, Leslie
dc.contributor.authorLusaka, Mwayi
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-10T11:31:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-26T06:59:12Z
dc.date.available2020-11-10T11:31:37Z
dc.date.available2024-03-26T06:59:12Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is essentially about how Malawi�s national heritage was constituted, in particular how heritage emerged and how it has changed over time. It largely looks at the period from 1964 to 2009. This is significant period which covers the transition from colonialism to independence; dictatorship and the emergence of multiparty democracy. The study explores the changing governments during this period in relation to how knowledge about Malawi�s pasts were constructed and reconstructed as heritage using different cultural forms: national museums, ethnic festivals, cultural performances, national language, commemorations and memorials (monuments, commemorative days and biographical memory) and the framing of traditions and customs into what is referred to as intangible cultural heritage. The overarching question of the research is what changes were made to national heritage in relation to the changing of governments during this period? In response to this question multiple historical modes of inquiry were used to study and examine the production of different aspects of heritage during this period.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9769
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectHeritageen_US
dc.subjectColonialismen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectDictatorshipen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subjectEthnographic museumen_US
dc.subjectEthnic heritage associationen_US
dc.subjectDavid Livingstoneen_US
dc.subjectKamuzu Bandaen_US
dc.subjectBakili Muluzuen_US
dc.subjectBingu Wa Mutharikaen_US
dc.subjectNational cultureen_US
dc.titleCulture, History and Politics in Malawi: The Production of National Heritage, 1964-2009en_US

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