Decolonizing museums – Making African Connections blog

The provenance and meanings of nineteenth century objects: research in Botswana

In this blog JoAnn McGregor, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sussex and Principal Investigator of the Making African Connections project, discusses ongoing research in Botswana. Nicola Stylianou (Post-Doctoral Research Asssociate) and I spent the last 10 days with our Botswana colleagues Scobie Lekhutile (Curator, Khama III Memorial Museum) and Winani Thebele (Chief …

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Heritage in Southern Africa: debating decolonizing agendas

One of the greatest pleasures in working on this project, and a cornerstone in the project’s methodology, is working with colleagues from Africa. We were delighted when our partners from Namibia and Botswana, who were visiting us for the project launch, agreed to contribute to a Sussex Africa Centre Seminar. The topic was ‘Heritage in …

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