Some #fishermen in #Mafia use pieces of plastic materials to minimize direct contact between #seawater & #boat #planks. What does this tell us? Prof John P Cooper. أ. د. جون كوبر Edward Pollard Prof. Jon Henderson Australian National Maritime Museum Richard Bates Dr. Georgia Holly Urithi Wetu #CoastalHeritage #Coastaladaptation

#SundayRead: chemical_tz and Elgidius Ichumbaki, Ph.D. (2023) present fishing songs from Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania in the context of intangible cultural heritage on the east African Swahili coast.  #CulturalHeritage #IntangibleHeritage #UCH doi.org/10.1007/s11457…

The past 10 days have been beneficial for me to meet & interact with #Humanities & #SocialSciences scholars from across Africa. Science for Africa Foundation Science for Africa Foundation through its #PossibleAfrica program made this possible. Stay tuned to learn what these fellows are doing.

It was a pleasure for me yesterday to attend an event at National Museum of Tanzania to celebrate the live of #TerezaNtareII, the former #Heru chief. She remains a testimony of #women #leadership in #Tanzania. Past & present University of Dar es Salaam students attended too Urithi Wetu viola julius

#Kolo #rockarts in #Kondoa form part of the #African #WorldHeritage properties we celebrate today. Play your part to protect for the benefits of today and #future #generations. ⁦Urithi Wetu⁩

This is a never miss lecture UCD Archaeology UCD Classical Society UCD Archaeology Society UCD Research

I just captured this on #Juani, #MafiaIsland! Thanks to ⁦Sea Sense⁩ for the initiative to protect #turtles on the #Tanzanian coast. ⁦Urithi Wetu⁩

We just started digitizing birds and animals #footprints at #Laetoli’s #Locality11. It’s part of collaborative efforts among institutions: University of Dar es Salaam University of St Andrews National Museum of Tanzania Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii, funded by British Council Arts Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Excellent collaborative work with Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii National Museum of Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam & University of St Andrews #CulturalProtectionFund Urithi Wetu

Digitization of animals’ footprints at #Laetoli is in progress. Stay tuned to see the outputs. #CulturalProtectionFund British Council Arts Department for Culture, Media and Sport Richard Bates Donald Herd Edward Pollard University of Dar es Salaam National Museum of Tanzania Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii

It always feels good to collaborate with #coastal #communities to learn what heritage means from their own perspectives. Initiatives such as these are only possible through building #trusts and #partnerships with heritage custodians. #Possible-Africa Science for Africa Foundation Urithi Wetu

As part of commemorating #InternationalDay of #SlaveTrade and its abolition, we are preparing exhibitions in Bagamoyo. All invited #Rememberslavery & learn through the #legacyofslavery. University of Dar es Salaam British Council Arts Department for Culture, Media and Sport #CulturalProtectionFund Richard Bates British Council Tanzania Urithi Wetu

The exhibition on #remembering #slavetrade & #slavetradeabolition starts today at #GermanBoma in #Bagamoyo. All welcome to #commemorate & discuss how to end modern #slavery. #Culturalprotectionfund ⁦British Council Arts⁩ ⁦Department for Culture, Media and Sport⁩ ⁦Richard Bates⁩ ⁦Urithi Wetu⁩

On this #InternationalDay of #Slavetraderemembrance, the exhibitions by University of Dar es Salaam & University of St Andrews have been visited by several #pupils #students and #tourists at #Bagamoyo. #Culturalprotectionfund British Council Arts Department for Culture, Media and Sport Richard Bates

On #InternationalDay of #Slavetrade #remembrance, #BagamoyoSecondary students acted as #slaves & #slavetrade dealers. It’s awesome to see this innovation. #Culturalprotectionfund ⁦British Council Arts⁩ ⁦Department for Culture, Media and Sport⁩ ⁦Urithi Wetu⁩ ⁦University of Dar es Salaam⁩ ⁦Richard Bates⁩

Raising public awareness on the values of heritage was part of recently concluded exhibitions on #slavetrade #remembrance held as part of #culturalprotectionfund funded project. ⁦British Council Arts⁩ ⁦Department for Culture, Media and Sport⁩ ⁦Richard Bates⁩ ⁦University of Dar es Salaam⁩ ⁦Urithi Wetu

Today, we’ve planted over 5,000 #mangrovetrees around #Winde #slavewarehouse north of #Bagamoyo. Many thanks to collaborators & supporters to make this happen. ⁦Tanzania Forest Services Agency⁩ #Culturalprotectionfund ⁦British Council Arts⁩ ⁦Department for Culture, Media and Sport⁩ ⁦Richard Bates⁩ ⁦Urithi Wetu

Initiative to restore #mangrovetrees continues. We aim to plant about 10,000 trees to protect #coastalerosion in #Bagamoyo. It’s part of mitigating #climatechangeimpacts supported by #culturalprotectionfund ⁦British Council Arts⁩ ⁦Department for Culture, Media and Sport⁩ ⁦Richard Bates ⁦Urithi Wetu