ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on two particular sites in Lubumbashi. Through the first site, the former theatre building, the notion of 'shared heritage' will be questioned by pointing out divergences within the community of former 'colonized' in the postcolonial context. The second site, the Jewish cemetery, highlights how the heterogeneity within Lubumbashi's former white colonial community is currently re-surfacing in the way the city's built legacy is re-appropriated. By choosing sites that are not only lesser known, but that also act as 'lieux de mmoire' for different communities that coexist but not necessarily interact, however the implicit assumptions embedded in the concept of 'patrimoine partag' or 'shared heritage'. When assessing the heritage value of the theatre building, we should take into consideration that the theatre building was first and foremost a cultural institution oriented towards a white, mainly Belgian audience, as this forces us to identify for whom this work could have the potential of being re-appropriated as a cultural heritage.
