Fort Jesus: Guiding the past and contesting the present in Kenya

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-263

  Sarmento, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contested heritage; Fort jesus; Guides; Kenya; Post colonial africa; Tourism

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; POST-COLONIALISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

KENYA;

EID: 77953546386     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616681003725185     Document Type: Article

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