Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective.

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 Tourism

Dallen J. Timothy

Chapter 2: Intangible Heritage as a Cultural Asset for African Tourism

Moren Tibabo Stone, Lesego Senyana Stone, Goemeone Mogomotsi, and Patricia Mogomotsi

Chapter 3: Indigenous Tourism in Africa

Kokel Melubo

Chapter 4: Cultural Events and Tourism in Africa

Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji

Chapter 5: Religious Heritage, Tourism and Pilgrimage in Africa: Historical, Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives

Ermias Kifle Gedecho and Siyabulela Nyikana

Chapter 6: The Spatial Mismatch between Cities and Heritage Tourism Sites in Africa

Gustav Visser

Chapter 7: Rural Heritage and Tourism in Africa

Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Gladys B. Siphambe

Chapter 8: Growing Agri-heritage Tourism in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Brent Lovelock, Gebeyaw Degarege and David Adeloye

Chapter 9: Culinary Traditions and Heritage Foods in Africa

Roselyne N. Okech and Dallen J. Timothy

Chapter 10: The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Africa's Epitomous Heritage Tourism

Aaron Yankholmes

Chapter 11: African Diaspora Tourism: Concepts, Issues and Prospects beyond Slavery-oriented Heritage

Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong and Ishmael Mensah

Chapter 12: Industrial Heritage Tourism in Africa: Prospects and Challenges

Clinton D. van der Merwe and Dallen J. Timothy

Chapter 13: Dark Tourism and 'Painful Pasts' in Africa: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges

Philip R. Stone

Chapter 14: Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Its Heritage Imprint

João Sarmento

Chapter 15: African Archaeology and Tourism

Liza Gijanto

Chapter 16: Natural Heritage: Wildlife and Nature Preserves in the African Tourism Landscape

Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga and Edson Gandiwa

Chapter 17: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa: Critical Issues and Changes

Jarkko Saarinen and Naomi Moswete

Chapter 18: Heritage Tourism in Africa: Where Do We Go from Here?

Dallen J. Timothy