Strengthening capacities for periodic reporting under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa

Países beneficiarios: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Camerún, Chad, Comoras, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibuti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Etiopía, Gabón, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malí, Mauricio, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Níger (el), República Centroafricana, República Democrática del Congo, República Unida de Tanzania, Ruanda, Santo Tomé y Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudán del Sur, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Resumen:

Africa is the fourth region to be undertaking periodic reporting under the revised regional cycle approved by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention [Decision 14.COM 8]. The present project aims to strengthen the human and institutional capacities of States Parties in the region, in conducting a thorough review of the state of safeguarding policies, programmes, and initiatives in ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2024-04-22 – Milestone achieved as Africa participates in its first regional cycle of periodic reporting

Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development in Kenya

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Resumen:

In the context of the 2003 Convention’s global capacity-building programme, this project aims at strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development in Kenya. The project will deliver training activities to strengthen the capacities of national stakeholders in the following areas: *knowledge of the 2003 Convention, its key concepts and approaches; *methodologies for community-based inventorying for safeguarding i ›››

Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Eastern Africa

Países beneficiarios: Eritrea, Etiopía, Kenya, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudán del Sur, Uganda

Resumen:

This activity aims to strengthen national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Eastern Africa by supporting States Parties with capacity building for carrying-out community based inventories of ICH. It will also aim to secure ratification by Somalia, the last Member State in the region left to ratify the 2003 Convention. For countries developing culture policies, efforts will be made to ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2022-01-18 – La UNESCO publica varios estudios de caso sobre el patrimonio vivo y el cambio climático en África Oriental
• 2021-04-30 – Regional Online Conference on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage for Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction in Eastern Africa

Salvaguardia de Enkipaata, Eunoto y Olng’esherr, tres ritos de paso a la edad adulta del pueblo masai

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Resumen:

Enkipaata, Eunoto y Olng’esherr son tres ritos masculinos del pueblo masai que constituyen otras tantas etapas del proceso de formación de los jóvenes en su propio grupo de edad, con vistas a prepararlos para la vida adulta. Denominado “moranismo”, ese proceso implica la transmisión de un conjunto de conocimientos autóctonos del pueblo masai que comprenden rituales, leyendas, tradiciones y aptitudes prácticas ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2018-01-28 – Community-based inventorying workshop

Promotion of traditional pottery making practices in Eastern Kenya

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Resumen:

The proposed project, which is designed in line with the 2006 National Heritage Act of Kenya, aims to safeguard and revitalize traditional pottery making practices of the Mbeere, Tharaka and Tigania communities in Eastern Kenya. Transmitted by females within families, the technique involves creating clay pots of various sizes and shapes depending on the function and style of the community concerned ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2019-09-19 – Gabón, Kenya y Seychelles logran avances notables en la salvaguardia del patrimonio vivo a través de proyectos de asistencia internacional

Documenting and inventorying intangible cultural heritage of the pastoralist Samburu community in northern Kenya: a focus on the region of Mount Kulal biosphere reserve

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Resumen:

The proposed project, which is designed in line with the 2006 National Heritage Act of Kenya, aims to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of the semi-nomadic pastoralist Samburu community living within the Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve (designated in 1979 through UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere programme) in northern Kenya. Due to external political, economic and cultural influences as well as environmental degradation, the v ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2016-04-13 – Workshop on documenting and inventorying intangible cultural heritage of the pastoralist Samburu community
• 2015-10-19 – The Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund supports various safeguarding measures in Africa!

Rituals and practices associated with Kit Mikayi Shrine of the Luo community in Kenya

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Resumen:

Aiming to empower the Mijikenda people to ensure the viability and transmission of the traditions and practices associated to the sacred Kaya forests of coastal Kenya, the project is managed by the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts (former Ministry of State for National Heritage and Culture) in cooperation with the National Museums of ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2015-02-12 – Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa

Safeguarding traditional foodways of two communities in Kenya

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Resumen:

Traditional foodways involve practices transmitted within a community concerning the preparation and consumption of food, including the provision of ingredients and the roles of all people involved. Traditional foodways, both those related to everyday life as well as those associated with special occasions (such as rituals, social practices and festive events) constitute an important part of the intangible heritage of ›››

Traditions and practices associated to the Kayas

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Resumen:

The assistance resulted in the submission of a USL nomination examined in 2009, at which time the Committee inscribed Traditions and practices associated to the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda (Decision 4.COM 14.06). ›››

Salvaguardia de los artes del espectáculo tradicionales de Somalia

Países beneficiarios: Kenya, Somalia

Resumen:

Before the civil war Somalia enjoyed a vibrant cultural life, in which traditional performing arts played a major role. Aware of the role that cultural practices may play in fostering social cohesion and in reconciliation processes in future post-conflict Somalia, the project aims to * identify traditional performing arts practices of Somali people with a view to safeguarding this heritage, * highlight ›››