Eastern Africa

Projects in Eastern Africa

ELDP

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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Waata Language Documentation

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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The documentation of Ongota: a linguistic isolate of a hunter-gatherer community in Southwest Ethiopia

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 Grammatical Description of Opuuo

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 Grammatical Description of the Shabo Language: A Very Endangered Isolate Language of Southwestern Ethiopia

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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Swahili Coast

Mitigation of Present and Future Climate Change Impact on the 3.6 million-years Laetoli Footprint Site and Winde Slaves’ Warehouse along the Tanzanian Coast

Through digital documentation, training and community engagement, the project will address the threats facing the physical sites as well as capturing local stories, myths, dan…

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Restoration and Conservation of Ge’ez Manuscripts in War Affected North Gondor and North and South Wollo Zonal Districts

The project team from Bahir Dar University will work on conserving manuscript preparation knowledge through providing intergenerational training and workshops in conservation …

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Likikiri Collective 2019 Women potters share pottery and work song as part of Art Heritage and Resilience project

Storytelling as Safeguarding: Protecting South Sudanese Women's Cultural Heritage in Refugee Settings in Uganda and Kenya

In Uganda and Kenya, South Sudanese women in refugee settings will document folk songs that have been passed down through generations, thanks to a project being led by the Lik…

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Newspaper Volumes at Mc Millan Memorial Library Copyright Book Bunk x Paul Munene

#NBOLibraries: New Futures for Kenya’s Archives

A project led by Book Bunk Trust will build on existing work to preserve and digitise additional endangered collections which include paper, glass film slides, photographs and…

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