Ethiopia | Culture in Crisis

Conservation of the Early 12th-Century Church of Yemrehanna Kristos near Lalibela

This project includes a condition assessment and the development of a conservation strategy for the building.

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Conservation of Late 12th-Century Rock-Hewn Churches at Lalibela

This project, which builds upon work carried out under a previous Ambassadors Fund grant, involves the conservation of the Beta Mika’el and Golgotha churches.

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Conservation of the Late 19th-Century Aba Jiffar Palace in Jimma

This project includes urgent structural interventions and training in the conservation of wooden buildings.

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Guraferdan Sheko: linguistic treasures of a forgotten dialect

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create mult…

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Pilot project for Koegu, a highly endangered language of the Lower Omo Valley, Southwestern Ethiopia

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create mult…

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Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create mult…

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Projects in Ethiopia

Conservation of the Early 12th-Century Church of Yemrehanna Kristos near Lalibela

Conservation of Late 12th-Century Rock-Hewn Churches at Lalibela

Conservation of the Late 19th-Century Aba Jiffar Palace in Jimma

Guraferdan Sheko: linguistic treasures of a forgotten dialect

Pilot project for Koegu, a highly endangered language of the Lower Omo Valley, Southwestern Ethiopia

Placing the Dead and Nurturing the Living: Documentation of house- construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language

Documentation of Baskeet song, verbal art and ceremonial language

Documentation and Grammatical Description of Komo

Survey of Paintings in Rock-Hewn and Constructed Churches in Tigray, Ethiopia