Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa

Dallen J. Timothy is Professor of Community Resources and Development, and Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University, Arizona, USA. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Visiting Professor at Hunan Normal University, Guangxi University, and Luoyang Normal University, China; and Guest Professor in the Erasmus Mundus European Master in Tourism Management program based at the University of Girona, Spain. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Heritage Tourism and currently serves on the editorial boards of 25 international journals. He is commissioning or co-commissioning editor over four book series with Routledge and Channel View Publications, and has ongoing research projects in Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East on topics related to heritage, international borders and tourism, religious tourism, and community empowerment.

• Chapter 1: Africa’s Heritage and TourismDallen J. TimothyChapter 2: Intangible Heritage as a Cultural Asset for African TourismMoren Tibabo Stone, Lesego Senyana Stone, Goemeone Mogomotsi, and Patricia MogomotsiChapter 3: Indigenous Tourism in AfricaKokel MeluboChapter 4: Cultural Events and Tourism in AfricaIkechukwu O. EzeudujiChapter 5: Religious Heritage, Tourism and Pilgrimage in Africa: Historical, Traditional and Contemporary PerspectivesErmias Kifle Gedecho and Siyabulela NyikanaChapter 6: The Spatial Mismatch between Cities and Heritage Tourism Sites in AfricaGustav VisserChapter 7: Rural Heritage and Tourism in AfricaJoseph E. Mbaiwa and Gladys B. SiphambeChapter 8: Growing Agri-heritage Tourism in Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesBrent Lovelock, Gebeyaw Degarege and David AdeloyeChapter 9: Culinary Traditions and Heritage Foods in AfricaRoselyne N. Okech and Dallen J. TimothyChapter 10: The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Africa’s Epitomous Heritage TourismAaron YankholmesChapter 11: African Diaspora Tourism: Concepts, Issues and Prospects beyond Slavery-oriented HeritageEmmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong and Ishmael MensahChapter 12: Industrial Heritage Tourism in Africa: Prospects and ChallengesClinton D. van der Merwe and Dallen J. TimothyChapter 13: Dark Tourism and ‘Painful Pasts’ in Africa: Concepts, Contexts, and ChallengesPhilip R. StoneChapter 14: Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Its Heritage ImprintJoão SarmentoChapter 15: African Archaeology and TourismLiza Gijanto Chapter 16: Natural Heritage: Wildlife and Nature Preserves in the African Tourism LandscapeChiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga and Edson GandiwaChapter 17: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa: Critical Issues and ChangesJarkko Saarinen and Naomi MosweteChapter 18: Heritage Tourism in Africa: Where Do We Go from Here?Dallen J. Timothy