Reclaiming heritage : alternative imaginaries of memory in West Africa; [... first European Conference of African Studies organised by the Africa Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies 29 June 2 July 2005 London; a number of the papers in this volume were presented at the panel Memory and the Public Sphere at this conference] Reconsidering heritage and memory Mike Rowlands and Ferdinand de Jong Taking on a tradition : African heritage and the testimony of memory Beverley Butler Slave route projects : tracing the heritage of slavery in Ghana Katharina Schramm Picturing the past : heritage photography and the politics of appearance in a Yoruba City Peter Probst Entangled memories and parallel heritages in Mali Michael Rowlands Enchanting town of Mud : Djenné a world heritage site in Mali Charlotte Joy A masterpiece of masquerading : contradictions of conservation in intangible heritage Ferdinand de Jong From a glorious past to the lands of origin : media consumption and changing narratives of cultural belonging in Mali Dorothea Schulz Demystified memories : the politics of heritage in post socialist Guinea Ramon Sarró Palimpsest memoryscapes : materializing and mediating war and peace in Sierra Leone Paul Basu