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Decolonizing African art history and heritage : unveiling ritual objects' power as spiritual resilience / Claire Nalukenge
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nalukenge, Claire, Author.
- Series:
- African worlds ; v. 3.
- African worlds ; volume 3
- Standardized Title:
- Spiritual space of Mubende Hill in Uganda http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/9157fc7a-9cb4-5c57-b8b3-02ea7eec3d85
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sacred space--Uganda--Mubende Hill.
- Sacred space.
- Material culture--Uganda--Mubende Hill--Religious aspects.
- Material culture.
- Indigenous peoples--Material culture--Uganda--Mubende Hill.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Museums and Indigenous peoples.
- Museum techniques--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Museum techniques.
- Art, Ugandan--History.
- Art, Ugandan.
- Ceremonial objects.
- Uganda.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn, 2026
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- From scared to secular : reframing Mubende Hill in Ugandan visual art practice
- Framing ritual objects and healing
- Contextualizing the spiritual space of Mubende Hill, Uganda : Awaka w’Ensi w’Omweyimirize Maama Nakayima
- Object stories in relation to ritual and spiritual performance at the spiritual space of Mubende Hill
- Conclusion : insights from the spiritual space of Mubende Hill and implications for the future
- Notes:
- Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Rhodes Universisty, 2024) under the title: The spiritual space of Mubende Hill in Uganda
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed July 21, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nalukenge, Claire Decolonizing African art history and heritage
- ISBN:
- 9781836956167
- 1836956169
- 9781836956198
- 1836956193
- OCLC:
- 1602525947
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000403214
- CIPO000403213
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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