Tanzania’s Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Assets: Strategies towards Sustainable Conservation and Management
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2011
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Tanzania has a long and unique maritime history. This shared history left various signatures which are needed by present and future generations for their cultural, scientific and economic significance. However, despite such maritime potentiality, very miniature has been done by scholars to research, identify, document and assess the cultural significance of the Tanzanian maritime and underwater cultural heritages. It was until rescently that the country has started some initiatives to identify and manage her maritime and underwater heritage assets. This is done by the established Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage (MUCH) program which officially started in february 2009. Among others, the program initiatives has resulted to documenting some of the country's maritime and underwater cultural heritage assets as well as establishing a strong team from various Government‟s departments and institutions.
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Maritime Archaeology, Underwater Cultural Heritage, Swahili Coast, East Africa, Tanzania
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Ichumbaki, E.B., 2011. Tanzania’s Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Assets: Strategies towards Sustainable Conservation and Management. In Mark S., Jennifer C., Sheldon C. J., Bobby O. and Ligaya L. (eds.), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage, Manila: pp. 553 - 564.