African Site Managers Network (ASMN)

Photography Competition – “Safeguarding Our African Heritage”

Bryan KOFFI — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:51:37 +0000

🌍📸 The African Site Managers Network (ASMN) proudly launches the 2026 Photography Competition: “Safeguarding Our African Heritage”. This is your chance to shine a spotlight on the richness, resilience, and uniqueness of African World Heritage Sites. Through your lens, tell the story of our heritage — its values, traditions, and the communities that keep it...

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5th of May African World Heritage Day Celebration

Esnath Mwaka — Thu, 04 May 2023 15:02:33 +0000

Join us as we celebrate the African World Heritage Day with the African Site Managers discussing on the Role Mission and Partners of the Network. Zoom link : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApfu6qrD4jHN2dbSNOf2xUJ3U9uLY4I18b#/registration

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Call for Application for the 5th World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum

Esnath Mwaka — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:28:37 +0000

“Managing World Heritage for the Next 50 Years” The Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia represented by the National Committee and the Heritage Commission alongside with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, in close partnership with ICOMOS, will be hosting the 5th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum...

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Elections held for Africa Site Managers Network

Magloire EDAH — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:20:05 +0000

In the Framework of Priority Africa, UNESCO intends to empower African institutions and professionals to safeguard better and promote UNESCO World Heritage properties on the Continent. Capacity development is, therefore, one of the hallmarks of the new Strategy for World Heritage in Africa. For that, the World Heritage Centre (WHC), in close collaboration with the...

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Island of Mozambique, Mozambique

Magloire EDAH — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:22:02 +0000

The fortified city of Mozambique is located on this island, a former Portuguese trading-post on the route to India. Its remarkable architectural unity is due to the consistent use, since the 16th century, of the same building techniques, building materials (stone or macuti) and decorative principles. See more on https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/599/

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Lake Malawi National Park, Malawi

Magloire EDAH — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:14:24 +0000

Located at the southern end of the great expanse of Lake Malawi, with its deep, clear waters and mountain backdrop, the national park is home to many hundreds of fish species, nearly all endemic. Its importance for the study of evolution is comparable to that of the finches of the Galapagos Islands. See more on...

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Asante Traditional Buildings, Ghana

Magloire EDAH — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:11:25 +0000

To the north-east of Kumasi, these are the last material remains of the great Asante civilization, which reached its high point in the 18th century. Since the dwellings are made of earth, wood and straw, they are vulnerable to the onslaught of time and weather. See more on https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/35/

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Stone Towns of Zanzibar, Tanzanie

Magloire EDAH — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:09:38 +0000

The Stone Town of Zanzibar is a fine example of the Swahili coastal trading towns of East Africa. It retains its urban fabric and townscape virtually intact and contains many fine buildings that reflect its particular culture, which has brought together and homogenized disparate elements of the cultures of Africa, the Arab region, India, and...

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Namib Sand Sea, Namibie

Magloire EDAH — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:07:48 +0000

Namib Sand Sea is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog. Covering an area of over three million hectares and a buffer zone of 899,500 hectares, the site is composed of two dune systems, an ancient semi-consolidated one overlain by a younger active one. The desert dunes...

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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park-Site management during COVID-19 pandemic

Magloire EDAH — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:42:25 +0000