Spacing forgetting: the birth of the museum at Fort Jesus, Mombasa, and the legacies of the colonization of memory in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorLinehan, Denis
dc.contributor.authorSarmento, João
dc.contributor.editorMeusburger, Peter
dc.contributor.editorHeffernan, Michael
dc.contributor.editorWunder, Edgar
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-31T11:16:39Z
dc.date.available2019-05-31T11:16:39Z
dc.date.issued2011-04-15
dc.date.updated2012-11-23T22:24:31Z
dc.description.abstractThis chapter discusses public memory in Kenya through an analysis of the restoration of Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya, and the contemporary role of the fort as a site of memory. Drawing on the political uses of erasure, fiction, and omission, the authors reveal continuities in the production of memory at Fort Jesus that have been politicized in colonial and postcolonial contexts. An analysis of the British and Portuguese motives in converting the fort into a museum shows how the transformation supported their imperial projects in Africa in face of growing calls for decolonization. The chapter also analyzes the resistance to the restoration led by two figures in the Kenyan anticolonial movement, Tom Mboya and Pio Gama Pinto. Although reaffirming how their resistance to the museum provides a critical alternative to the nostalgic narratives currently in vogue at the site, the authors conclude that the memory work around Fort Jesus actively neglects the colonial experience.en
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dc.identifier.citationLinehan, D. and Sarmento, J. (2011) 'Spacing forgetting: the birth of the museum at Fort Jesus, Mombasa, and the legacies of the colonization of memory in Kenya', in Meusburger, P., Heffernan, M. and Wunder, E. (eds.) Cultural Memories: The Geographical Point of View. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., pp. 305-325. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-8945-8_17en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-90-481-8945-8_17en
dc.identifier.endpage325en
dc.identifier.isbn978-90-481-8944-1
dc.identifier.isbn978-90-481-8945-8
dc.identifier.startpage305en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8006
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Science+Business Media B.V.en
dc.relation.ispartofCultural Memories: The Geographical Point of View
dc.rights© 2011, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectKenyaen
dc.subjectMombasaen
dc.subjectMuseumen
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectPostcolonial geographyen
dc.subjectFort Jesusen
dc.subjectTom Mboyaen
dc.subjectPio Gama Pintoen
dc.subjectCultural geographyen
dc.titleSpacing forgetting: the birth of the museum at Fort Jesus, Mombasa, and the legacies of the colonization of memory in Kenyaen
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