Abasuba Community Peace Museum
0°27′10″S 34°03′28″E / 0.4528°S 34.0579°E
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| Established | 2000 |
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| Location | Mfangano, Kenya |
| Type | Ethnographic |
| Curator | Jack Wanyende |
| Website | www.abasuba.museum |
The Abasuba Community Peace Museum (ACPM) is a community museum in Ramba, Waware, Suba North District, Homa Bay County, Kenya. It was founded in 2000. It is one of several peace museums throughout Kenya.[1]
The Abasuba Community Peace Museum organizes site stewardship and tours for the three pictograph sites located on Mfangano Island: Mawanga Cave, Kwitone Rock Shelter, and Kakiimba Rock Shelter.[2] The museum is also a research centre for students, doctors, and other researchers interested in studying the archaeological sites of the Lake Victoria region or other topics related to the Abasuba People.[1]
In 2007, TARA received a grant from the Kenyan Tourism Trust Fund (TTF) to increase awareness of rock art, to promote rock art for tourism and to conserve and develop sites in a way that will lead to improving the quality of life in Suba District and expand the museum's reach.[3] As a result, a larger museum opened in 2008.[4]
Governing structure
The Abasuba Community Peace Museum is managed by the Curator, and overseen by board members representing the various communities in Suba District.
References
- 1 2 Coombes, Annie E.; Hughes, Lotte; Karega-Munene (26 December 2019). Managing Heritage, Making Peace: History, Identity and Memory in Contemporary Kenya. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 9, 64. ISBN 978-0-7556-2756-1.
- ↑ "Kenya's lake Victoria and Mfangano Island" (PDF).
- ↑ Burtenshaw, Paul (2 December 2017). Archaeology and Economic Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-19113-5.
- ↑ Davis, Peter (31 March 2011). Ecomuseums: A Sense of Place. A&C Black. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-4411-5744-7.