Strategy for Cultural Heritage Management (CHM) in Africa: A Case Study
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African Archaeological Review
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Africa is both fortunate and unfortunate as far as Cultural Heritage Management
(CHM) is concerned. Fortunate because the continent is a warehouse for the
heritage resources, which document the origin and development of our humanity.
In the meantime, it is very unfortunate that Africa is too poor to take care of such
vast cultural treasures. In this paper, I use Tanzania as a case study to explore
ways that Africa can generate revenue and public support for CHM. An effective
means of accomplishing this goal is to make the products of the past attractive and
accessible for cultural tourism. Only in this way does Africa’s past heritage become
economically sustainable for long-term survival, productivity, and contribution to
global education, research, tourism, and pride in the past accomplishments of
humanity.
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cultural tourism, Olduvai Gorge, Laetoli, Isimila, Australopithecus afarensis, A. boisei, Homo habilis.