Africa

Projects in Africa

Heritage Schools Club outside the Bamnara Mosque

Salt and Stone

‘Salt and Stone’ is a two‑year project dedicated to safeguarding Swahili coastal heritage in Zanzibar and the Comoros. The project focuses on the restoration of two historic b…

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Naga temple

CHARD Foundation - Swiss Cultural Heritage Inventory Project (SCHIP)

The Swiss Cultural Heritage Inventory Project is the latest project from the Cultural Heritage At Risk Database (CHARD), underway throughout 2026. The project - supported by t…

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Jirim voices: Documentation and Description of Jirim Language and Traditions

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Documentation and description of the linguistic repertoires, culture, and oral tradition of the Nsua of Semuliki Forest

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Documentation of Animere in Kecheibi and Kunda

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Documentation of Lubolo-Ngoya, Angola

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Documentation of Bum, a Grassfields language of Cameroon

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Documentation of Chinene and Dghwede in the language ecology of the UNHCR refugee camp of Minawao (Cameroon)

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Tachenwit

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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