Contesting Knowledge

Abstract

Tis is not a problem unique to the nmai. At the African International Council of Museums (africom) meeting, held in Cape Town, South Africa, in October 2006, a major topic of conversation concerned decolonizing the museum. One response to the issue that is particularly poignant came from the director of the National Museums of Kenya, Dr. Idle Omar Farah. He suggests that not until African museums are economically independent—that is, they do not have to rely on support from Europe —will they be able to shake off colonial or neocolonial agendas that still drive a good deal of what goes on in African museums. As part of the Smithsonian, can the nmai be decolonized? TS - The British Library T4 - Museums and indigenous perspectives / edited by Susan Sleeper-Smith M4 - Citavi