This book shows African heritage to be a mode of political organisation - where heritage work has a uniquely wide currency.

The act of remaking one's history into a heritage, a conscientiously crafted narrative placed over the past, is a thriving industry in almost every postcolonial

Heritage work has had a uniquely wide currency in Africa's politics. Secure within the pages of books, encoded in legal statutes, encased in glass display cases

This book seeks to fill a gap in the existing literature by examining the role of African States in the development and establishment of the regime of the deep

Presents a new approach to heritage formation in Asia, conveying the power of the material remains of the past.