Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa

Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective.
This book delivers a comprehensive treatise on the interdependent concepts of cultural heritage and tourism. Heritage is one of the most pervasive tourism assets worldwide and lies at the foundations of tourism in many localities, including Africa. However, despite its salience, there has not been a systematic examination of Africa's heritage resources, markets, policies, practices, successes, and challenges in a tourism framework, despite the continent's immense heritage value. This book reviews the different types of heritages that pervade the cultural environment of Africa and comprises its vast heritagescapes. It also examines the increasing potential for the growth of heritage tourism throughout the entire continent. The contributions in this volume delve into current thinking about space and place and their effects on heritage, mobilities, globalization, colonialism and indigeneity, conflict, identity and nation-building, connections with other regions through migration and the slave trade, and a greater emphasis on the ordinary heritage of Africa, which has long been ignored by tourism scholars and industry representatives. The chapters herein are authored by Africa specialists, most being from Africa, offering a truly African perspective. The chapters are conceptually rigorous and empirically rich with examples from all regions of the African continent.
This unparalleled interdisciplinary glimpse at cultural heritage and tourism in Africa delivers strong value and is a vital resource for all students and researchers of tourism, cultural studies, heritage studies, geography, anthropology, sociology, history, and global studies.

Sommario

Chapter 1: Africa's Heritage and Tourism
Dallen J. Timothy

Chapter 2: Intangible Heritage as a Cultural Asset for African Tourism
Moren Tibabo Stone, Lesego Senyana Stone, Goemeone Mogomotsi, and Patricia Mogomotsi

Chapter 3: Indigenous Tourism in Africa
Kokel Melubo

Chapter 4: Cultural Events and Tourism in Africa
Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji

Chapter 5: Religious Heritage, Tourism and Pilgrimage in Africa: Historical, Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives
Ermias Kifle Gedecho and Siyabulela Nyikana

Chapter 6: The Spatial Mismatch between Cities and Heritage Tourism Sites in Africa
Gustav Visser

Chapter 7: Rural Heritage and Tourism in Africa
Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Gladys B. Siphambe

Chapter 8: Growing Agri-heritage Tourism in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Brent Lovelock, Gebeyaw Degarege and David Adeloye

Chapter 9: Culinary Traditions and Heritage Foods in Africa
Roselyne N. Okech and Dallen J. Timothy

Chapter 10: The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Africa's Epitomous Heritage Tourism
Aaron Yankholmes

Chapter 11: African Diaspora Tourism: Concepts, Issues and Prospects beyond Slavery-oriented Heritage
Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong and Ishmael Mensah

Chapter 12: Industrial Heritage Tourism in Africa: Prospects and Challenges
Clinton D. van der Merwe and Dallen J. Timothy

Chapter 13: Dark Tourism and 'Painful Pasts' in Africa: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges
Philip R. Stone

Chapter 14: Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Its Heritage Imprint
João Sarmento

Chapter 15: African Archaeology and Tourism
Liza Gijanto

Chapter 16: Natural Heritage: Wildlife and Nature Preserves in the African Tourism Landscape
Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga and Edson Gandiwa

Chapter 17: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa: Critical Issues and Changes
Jarkko Saarinen and Naomi Moswete

Chapter 18: Heritage Tourism in Africa: Where Do We Go from Here?
Dallen J. Timothy

Info autore

Dallen J. Timothy is Professor of Community Resources and Development, and Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University, Arizona, USA. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Visiting Professor at Hunan Normal University, Guangxi University, and Luoyang Normal University, China; and Guest Professor in the Erasmus Mundus European Master in Tourism Management program based at the University of Girona, Spain. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Heritage Tourism and currently serves on the editorial boards of 25 international journals. He is commissioning or co-commissioning editor over four book series with Routledge and Channel View Publications, and has ongoing research projects in Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East on topics related to heritage, international borders and tourism, religious tourism, and community empowerment.

Riassunto

Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dallen J. Timothy, Dallen J. (Arizona State University Timothy
• Con la collaborazione di: Dallen J. Timothy (Editore), Dallen J. (Arizona State University Timothy (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.03.2023
• EAN: 9780367722241
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72224-1
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia