Author: fheritage

Aga Khan Development Network, India: HISTORIC CITIES: The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (AKHCP) conducts urban regeneration projects in historic centres. https://www.akdn.org/what-we-do/historic-cities   Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, India: A Virtual tour of  Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah’s  library. This extensive library is catering to the varied needs of its diverse student population (secondary to po...

US National Archives – African American Heritage, USA: Resources for African American Research, Guide to Black History, Black Power Portal, The History Hub https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans   University of Pennsylvania Cultural Heritage Center, USA: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Syria and Iraq (SHOSI)  is responding to the threats against cultural heritage in the M...

  Canadian Heritage, Canada: Canadian Heritage and its portfolio organizations play a vital role in the cultural, civic and economic life of Canadians. Arts, culture and heritage represent more than $53 billion in the Canadian economy and close to 666,500 jobs in sectors such as film and video, broadcasting, music, publishing, archives, performing arts, heritage institutions, festivals and ce...

A Foundation: Natural Sciences Sector UNESCO  / Indigenous knowledge systems / Small Island Developing States, South Africa: GOING DEEPER: GAIA’S APPROACH TO SACRED NATURAL SITES & ANCESTRAL LANDS https://www.gaiafoundation.org/what-we-do/sacred-lands-and-wilderness/protecting-sacred-natural-sites/

  Nigerian cultural heritage: preservation, challenges and prospects Blessing Nonye Onyima, Nigeria: Nigeria is endowed with cultural heritages sourced from its multicultural communities. Contemporary status of most Nigerian cultural heritages (both material and non-material) is best described as endangered. This paper derives from a functionalist perspective which descriptively presents a hi...

Musée national du Mali, Mali: http://tourisme.gouv.ml/?q=fr/node/124   “Sur la piste des manuscrits de Tombouctou” Documentary, Mali: In 2012, during the jihadist occupation of northern Mali, the incredible rescue of the Timbuktu manuscripts became a symbol for the whole world. This film recounts the extraordinary epic of Malians who risked their lives to save this world heritage from the thr...

National Museums of Kenya, Kenya: A multi-disciplinary institution whose role is to collect, preserve, study, document and present Kenya’s past and present cultural and natural heritage. This is for the purposes of enhancing knowledge, appreciation, respect and sustainable utilization of these resources for the benefit of Kenya and the world, for now and posterity. NMK’s mutual concern for the wel...

  Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH), Ethiopia:   A lecture about  Ethiopian Art History  by Abebaw Ayalew: 121122 Abebaw Ayalew – Ethiopian Art History Part I from INSTITUT FÜR RAUMEXPERIMENTE on Vimeo.

National Museum of Cameroon, Cameroon: Museum institutions closely linked to the affirmation of cultural identity / access and participation of citizens in culture / places for reflection, creation, dissemination, conservation and learning / crossing of museology and public artisans / collective experience. National museum is open to the public since 2015 – collections representing the wealt...

Musée des Civilisations Noires, Senegal: Public industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC), it coordinates, implements and monitors scientific and cultural studies in matters of black civilizations. Its birth plunges its roots in the World Festival of the Negro Arts of 1966. Let us quote the Congresses of the black writers and artists respectively held in Paris in 1956 and in Rome in 1959; the...