Learning, teaching, changing African archaeology

Ex Novo Journal of Archaeology, vol. 9, pp. 1–4

Abstract

Archaeology in Africa continues to be shaped by a long history of asymmetrical perspectives—colonial, Eurocentric, and post-colonial—that often reduce the continent to a passive recipient of outside interpretations. However, “Africa is various”, writes Kwame Anthony Appiah (1992) and Shepherd remembers one decade later (2002). Yet, as the contributions to this issue of Ex Novo demonstrate, African archaeologies are anything but static. They are dynamic fields of inquiry that interweave natural and cultural heritage, confront systemic challenges, and challenge entrenched stereotypes while generating new educational and social opportunities.

Authors 2

1. Jesús García Sánchez

   Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma

   Affiliation as printed

   Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma, EEHAR-CSIC – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

2. Martina Revello Lami Aachen Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Faculty of Archaeology - Leiden University