Writing and Publishing Heritage and Tourism Karin Barber, Chair: Esi Sutherland-Addy, editor of Africa: Journal of the University of International African Institute Alex Asiedu, Emmanuel Akyeampong, editor of the Journal of African Kwaku Boakye, History University of Cape Coast 10:30 Break Kofi Akpabli, Travel and tourism writer 11:00 to 12:30 Adelaide Kastner, Workshops II (concurrent sessions) University of Ghana

Documenting and 3:30: Break Preserving Language Chair: Judy Irvine, 4:00 to 5:30 University of Michigan Workshops IV (concurrent sessions) Jeff Heath, Media and Heritage University of Michigan Chair: Mark Horton, Kofi Agyekum, Bristol University University of Ghana Mark Horton, Community Initiatives Bristol University Chair: Ray Silverman, Jacqueline Maingard, University of Michigan Bristol University Ray Silverman, Writing and Publishing University of Michigan Karin Barber, Nana Baffour Asare Twi editor of Africa: Journal of the Brempong II, International African Institute Adontenhene of Techiman Emmanuel Akyeampong, Ciraj Rassool, editor of the Journal of African University of Western Cape History Gyan Apenteng, Cultural Initiatives Project, 5:30 Break Ghana The conference is free of charge and open to 12:30: Break the public.

2:00 to 3:30 Organized and funded by the Institute of African Workshops III (concurrent sessions) Studies, University of Ghana; the International African Institute; and the African Studies Center, Digitizing Heritage University of Michigan. Chair: Ama Dadson, University of Ghana Tom Bray, University of Michigan Ama Dadson, University of Ghana Diane Thram, Rhodes University

Tuesday 15 December Of Chiefs, Tourists and Culture: Heritage, Economy and Political 4:00 Panel Five: The Making of Local and Control: Financing a Modern Language and the Politics 9:00 Opening session National Heritages in Ghana Monarchy Through Reinvention of Heritage Ray Silverman, of Traditional Measures in Dr Kwesi Yankah, Asante Chair: Karin Barber, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Michigan University of Birmingham Wilhelmina Donkoh, University of Ghana Nana Baffour Asare Twi Discussant: Derek Peterson, Brempong II, Kwame Nkrumah University of Dr Brigid Sackey, Science and Technology University of Michigan Acting Director of the Institute Community Development Officer and of African Studies, the Adontenhene of Techiman The role of language in forging Continuing Ghanaian Traditions: University of Ghana Variations on a theme new identities: countering a Change and contradictions in heritage of servitude Dr Kelly Askew, the transformation agenda of Atta Kwami, visual artist Director of the African Studies museums in South Africa: Mary Esther Dakubu, Center, University of Michigan the case of Museum Africa Natural resource conflicts, University of Ghana alienation and the framing of 9:30 Opening address Ali Khangela Hlongwane, tradition in Ghana Preserving the previously Chief Curator, Museum Africa marginalised languages Hon. John Mahama, Kojo Amanor, (PMLs) as part of retaining the Vice President of the Republic The Paradox of Chieftaincy in University of Ghana of Ghana linguistic heritage: the case of Ghana: A Heritage that South African indigenous Identifies, Unites and Divides 12:30 Break 11:00 Panel One: languages Albert Awedoba, Contested Heritage 1:30 Panel Four: Themba Moyo, University of Ghana University of KwaZulu-Natal Chair: Takyiwaa Manuh, Archaeology and the University of Ghana Title TBA Politics of Heritage Afrikaans and the heritage of Discussant: Ciraj Rassool, Ciraj Rassool, Chair: Kelly Askew, (post) apartheid University of Western Cape University of Michigan University of the Western Cape Sarah Slabbert, Discussant: Kodzo Gavua, University of the Witwatersrand Chiefs, Priests and Power in 5:30 Break University of Ghana

Early Akan Societies Visions of ethnicity in Wednesday 16 December Emmanuel Akyeampong, Development versus nineteenth-century African Harvard University Archaeological Heritage 9:00 Opening lecture linguistics Preservation: Trends in Ghana Contesting the production and Judith Irvine, We are the ones who care: the Ben Kankpeyeng, University of Michigan meaning of history and heritage University of Ghana in the Alexandra Urban Renewal use and reuse of heritage in Africa today 6:30 Break Programme Beyond Ghana: the archaeology Noor Nieftagodien, Dr George Abungu, of Ghana beyond Africa Thursday, 17 December CEO, Okello Abungu Heritage University of the Witwatersrand Mark Horton, Consultants, & Representative 9:00 to 10:30 (Kenya), UNESCO World Heritage Bristol University Workshops I (concurrent sessions) Chieftaincy In Ghana: Whose Committee Chiefs And Whose Cultural Monumentalizations and Documenting Heritage: Heritage? 10:00 Panel Three: Reappropriations: Sahelian Kodzo Senah, Recontextualizing Tradition Arabic Inscriptions Identifying and Securing University of Ghana (11th - 15th century) Collections Chair: Frieda Ekotto, University of Michigan Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, Chair: David Wallace, Contests of Time: Secessionists University of Birmingham University of Michigan, and Milleniarians in Uganda Discussant: Daniel Herwitz, & Wilhelmina Donkoh, University of Michigan Derek Peterson, Archaeology of Maroon Kwame Nkrumah University University of Michigan of Science and Technology The appearance of a reluctant communities: Uncovering African Cultural Legacy in Thomas Aning, 1:00 Break tradition: Changing museums in post-apartheid South Africa the New World U. Ghana, Manhyia Archives, University of Ghana 2:30 Panel Two: Leslie Witz, Kofi Agorsah, University of the Western Cape Portland State University Sello Hatang, What is ‘National’ Heritage? Nelson Mandela Foundation Chair: Esi Sutherland-Addy, Henrietta Sarpong, University of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah University Discussant: Cynthia Kros, of Science and Technology University of the Witwatersrand