5th May 2024 marked the observance of the 9th edition of African World Heritage Day.

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5th May 2024 marked the observance of the 9th edition of African World Heritage Day. Proclaimed by the 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (November 2015), African World Heritage Day is an opportunity for people around the world, and particularly Africans, to celebrate the Continent’s irreplaceable cultural and natural heritage. According to UNESCO's news article, May 5, 2017 - African World Heritage Day, "Africa remains underrepresented on the World Heritage List". The Day was established to raise awareness of the immense potential of the African cultural and natural heritage. African World Heritage Day celebrated with on 5th May 2024, under the theme “Safeguarding Africa's Heritage Through Education".


      The African World Heritage Regional Youth Forum took place at the Robben Island World Heritage Site in Cape Town from 28 April to 4 May 2016.

     

     

 

     


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