Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe 2003 · Tassili n’ Ajjer, Algeria 1982 The rock art of the Tassili n’...
2
Atlantic Ocean UNESCO World Heritage Rock Art Sites in Africa A World Heritage Site is a cultural or natural site that is judged as having outstanding universal value. UNESCO has designated 119 World Heritage Sites in 39 countries in Africa. In Africa, there are 76 cultural, 39 natural and 4 mixed sites. Currently, there are eight African rock art sites listed as World Heritage sites; these sites are featured on pages 11-13. Additionally, the Lopé-Okanda National Park in Gabon features a remarkable collection of some 1,800 rock carvings. In 2008, TARA entered into a memorandum of understanding with UNESCO for the protection and promotion of African rock art. Kondoa, Tanzania 2006 Most of the Kondoa rock art sites are located on or near the Maasai escarpment (that marks the western edge of the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania). The sites are a series of rock shelters and boulders containing paintings mainly depicting elongated people, animals, hunting scenes, and abstract markings. Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe 2003 The rock art sites of Matobo Hills occur in profusion in shelters located in massive granite inselbergs and “whale-backs” , (common rock formations in southern Africa). The paintings provide vivid pictures of later Stone Age peoples’ conceptions of reality: San/ Bushmen ancestors who were absorbed in Zimbabwe by Bantu speaking agriculturalists. Tsodilo, Botswana 2001 The rock art site of Tsodilo Hills is a major geological landmark in the northwestern Kalahari Desert. Tanzania also has World Heritage Sites that are not rock art sites including: the Cultural Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (1981); Stone Town of Zanzibar (2000); Kilimanjaro National Park (1987); Selous Game Reserve (1982); Serengeti National Park (1981); and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (1978).
Transcript of Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe 2003 · Tassili n’ Ajjer, Algeria 1982 The rock art of the Tassili n’...
Atl
an
tic O
ceanU
NE
SC
O W
orl
d H
eri
tag
e
Ro
ck A
rt S
ite
s in
Afr
ica
A W
orl
d H
eri
tag
e S
ite
is a
cu
ltu
ral o
r n
atu
ral s
ite
th
at
is ju
dg
ed
as
hav
ing
ou
tsta
nd
ing
un
ive
rsa
l
valu
e. U
NE
SC
O h
as
de
sig
na
ted
11
9 W
orl
d H
eri
tag
e S
ite
s in
39
co
un
trie
s in
Afr
ica
. In
Afr
ica
, th
ere
are
76
cu
ltu
ral,
39
na
tura
l an
d 4
mix
ed
sit
es.
Cu
rre
ntl
y, t
he
re a
re e
igh
t A
fric
an
ro
ck a
rt s
ite
s lis
ted
as
Wo
rld
He
rita
ge
sit
es;
th
ese
sit
es
are
fe
atu
red
on
pa
ge
s 1
1-1
3.
Ad
dit
ion
ally
, th
e L
op
é-O
ka
nd
a
Na
tio
na
l Pa
rk in
Ga
bo
n f
ea
ture
s a
re
ma
rka
ble
co
llect
ion
of
som
e 1
,80
0 r
ock
ca
rvin
gs.
In 2
00
8,
TAR
A e
nte
red
into
a m
em
ora
nd
um
of
un
de
rsta
nd
ing
wit
h U
NE
SC
O f
or
the
pro
tect
ion
an
d
pro
mo
tio
n o
f A
fric
an
ro
ck a
rt.
Kon
do
a, T
an
zan
ia 2
006
Mo
st o
f th
e K
on
do
a r
ock
art
sit
es
are
loca
ted
on
or
ne
ar
the
Ma
asa
i esc
arp
me
nt
(th
at
ma
rks
the
we
ste
rn e
dg
e o
f th
e G
rea
t R
ift
Va
lley
in
Tan
zan
ia).
Th
e s
ite
s a
re a
se
rie
s o
f ro
ck s
he
lte
rs
an
d b
ou
lde
rs c
on
tain
ing
pa
inti
ng
s m
ain
ly
de
pic
tin
g e
lon
ga
ted
pe
op
le, a
nim
als
, hu
nti
ng
sce
ne
s, a
nd
ab
stra
ct m
ark
ing
s.
Ma
tob
o H
ills,
Zim
ba
bw
e 2
00
3T
he
ro
ck a
rt s
ite
s o
f M
ato
bo
Hill
s o
ccu
r in
pro
fusi
on
in s
he
lte
rs lo
cate
d in
ma
ssiv
e
gra
nit
e in
selb
erg
s a
nd
“w
ha
le-b
ack
s”,
(co
mm
on
ro
ck f
orm
ati
on
s in
so
uth
ern
Afr
ica
).
Th
e p
ain
tin
gs
pro
vid
e v
ivid
pic
ture
s o
f la
ter
Sto
ne
Ag
e p
eo
ple
s’ c
on
cep
tio
ns
of
rea
lity
: Sa
n/
Bu
shm
en
an
cest
ors
wh
o w
ere
ab
sorb
ed
in
Zim
ba
bw
e b
y B
an
tu s
pe
ak
ing
ag
ricu
ltu
ralis
ts.
Tso
dilo
, Bo
tsw
an
a 2
00
1T
he
ro
ck a
rt s
ite
of T
sod
ilo H
ills
is a
ma
jor
ge
olo
gic
al l
an
dm
ark
in t
he
no
rth
we
ste
rn
Ka
lah
ari
De
sert
.
Tan
zan
ia a
lso
ha
s W
orl
d H
eri
tag
e S
ite
s th
at
are
no
t ro
ck a
rt s
ite
s in
clu
din
g: t
he
Cu
ltu
ral
Ru
ins
of
Kilw
a K
isiw
an
i an
d R
uin
s o
f S
on
go
Mn
ara
(1
98
1);
Sto
ne
To
wn
of
Za
nzi
ba
r (2
00
0);
Kili
ma
nja
ro N
ati
on
al P
ark
(1
98
7);
Se
lou
s G
am
e
Re
serv
e (
19
82
); S
ere
ng
eti
Na
tio
na
l Pa
rk (
19
81
);
an
d t
he
Ng
oro
ng
oro
Co
nse
rva
tio
n A
rea
(19
78
).
10
Th
e a
ma
zin
g q
ua
lity
an
d q
ua
nti
ty o
f ro
ck
art
, co
nta
ine
d in
a r
ela
tive
ly s
ma
ll a
rea
,
ha
s e
arn
ed
th
e s
ite
th
e t
itle
of
the
“Lo
uv
re
of
the
De
sert
”. T
he
sit
e is
ch
ara
cte
rize
d b
y
a w
ide
va
rie
ty o
f p
ain
tin
gs
on
exp
ose
d
rock
s m
ad
e m
ain
ly b
y K
ho
e p
ast
ora
lists
.
“Wh
ite
-pa
inti
ng
Sh
elt
er”
ha
s b
ee
n
pe
rio
dic
ally
inh
ab
ite
d o
ver
10
0,0
00
ye
ars
,
ea
rly
Iro
n-A
ge
vill
ag
es
an
d p
reh
isto
ric
min
es
set
Tso
dilo
ap
art
fro
m o
the
r
So
uth
ern
Afr
ica
n s
ite
s.
uK
ha
hla
mb
a/
Dra
ken
sber
g, S
ou
th
Afr
ica
20
00
T
he
Dra
ke
nsb
erg
is S
ou
th A
fric
a’s
hig
he
st
an
d m
ost
dra
ma
tic
mo
un
tain
ra
ng
e; i
t
con
tain
s so
me
of
the
mo
st f
asc
ina
tin
g
na
tura
l an
d a
rch
ae
olo
gic
al a
rea
s in
th
e
sub
co
nti
ne
nt.
Th
e m
ou
nta
in’s
nu
me
rou
s
rock
pa
inti
ng
sit
es
pre
sen
t a
sig
nifi
can
t
com
po
ne
nt
of
cult
ura
l he
rita
ge
left
be
hin
d b
y S
an
/Bu
shm
an
pe
op
le w
ho
live
d t
he
re u
nti
l th
e la
te 1
9th
Ce
ntu
ry. T
he
pa
inti
ng
s a
re o
uts
tan
din
g in
qu
alit
y a
nd
(as
we
ll a
s ra
in-m
ak
ing
an
d f
un
era
l rit
es
of
Ch
ew
a a
gri
cult
ura
lists
).
Twyf
elfo
nte
in, N
am
ibia
20
07
Th
e T
wyf
elf
on
tein
ro
ck a
rt s
ite
ha
s o
ne
of
the
larg
est
co
nce
ntr
ati
on
s o
f ro
ck e
ng
rav
ing
s
in s
ou
the
rn A
fric
a. M
ost
of
the
se r
ep
rese
nt
rhin
oce
ros,
gir
aff
e, e
lep
ha
nt,
an
telo
pe
, bir
ds,
an
d a
nim
al f
oo
tpri
nts
. Th
e s
ite
fe
atu
res
an
ex
ten
sive
re
cord
of
ritu
al p
ract
ice
s o
f h
un
ter-
ga
the
rer
com
mu
nit
ies
in t
his
pa
rt o
f so
uth
ern
Afr
ica
ove
r a
t le
ast
tw
o m
ille
nn
ia.
Th
e p
ain
tin
gs
als
o p
rov
ide
a g
limp
se in
to
dif
fere
nt
life
sty
les
of
hu
ma
n s
oci
eti
es
tha
t
succ
ee
de
d e
ach
oth
er
ove
r ti
me
.
Tass
ili n
’ Ajj
er, A
lger
ia
19
82
Th
e r
ock
art
of
the
Ta
ssili
n’ A
jje
r co
nsi
sts
of
pa
inti
ng
s a
nd
ro
ck e
ng
rav
ing
s (p
rese
rve
d o
n
a h
igh
, ero
de
d p
late
au
in t
he
ce
ntr
al S
ah
ara
De
sert
). T
he
pla
tea
u is
a s
pe
cta
cula
r lu
na
r
lan
dsc
ap
e o
f g
rea
t g
eo
log
ica
l in
tere
st. T
he
art
de
pic
ts h
erd
s o
f ca
ttle
an
d la
rge
wild
an
ima
ls
(su
ch a
s g
ira
ffe
s o
r e
lep
ha
nts
ind
ica
tive
of
a t
ime
wh
en
th
e S
ah
ara
wa
s h
um
id a
nd
vib
ran
t w
ith
hu
ma
n a
ctiv
itie
s lik
e h
un
tin
g a
nd
da
nci
ng
).
div
ers
ity
of
sub
ject
, an
d in
th
eir
de
pic
tio
n
of
an
ima
ls a
nd
hu
ma
ns.
Ch
on
go
ni,
Ma
law
i
20
06
Th
e C
ho
ng
ini r
ock
art
sit
e is
loca
ted
wit
hin
a c
lust
er
of
fore
ste
d g
ran
ite
hill
s
on
th
e h
igh
alt
itu
de
pla
tea
u o
f ce
ntr
al
Ma
law
i. T
he
ro
ck a
rt c
on
sist
s a
lmo
st
en
tire
ly o
f sc
he
ma
tic,
wh
ite
pa
inti
ng
s
(ma
kin
g it
vis
ua
lly d
iffe
ren
t fr
om
th
e
mo
re n
atu
ralis
tic,
re
d h
un
ter-
ga
the
rer
ima
ge
s) in
ma
le a
nd
fe
ma
le in
itia
tio
n
Tad
rart
Aca
cus,
Lib
ya 1
98
3 T
he
Ta
dra
rt A
cacu
s m
ou
nta
ins
con
tain
tho
usa
nd
s o
f ca
ve p
ain
tin
gs
an
d e
ng
rav
ing
s
(in
dif
fere
nt
styl
es
som
e d
ati
ng
fro
m 1
2,0
00
BP.
Five
dif
fere
nt
art
ph
ase
s a
re d
isti
nct
ive
:
na
tura
listi
c (L
arg
e W
ild F
au
na
), R
ou
nd
He
ad
,
Pa
sto
ral,
Ho
rse
, an
d C
am
el P
eri
od
s. T
his
art
is a
refl
ect
ion
of
stri
kin
g c
ha
ng
es
in c
lima
te a
nd
in
flo
ra a
nd
fa
un
a.
![[Center name] 2013 technical report€¦ · Implications are increased uptake of small grains such as sorghum and millets in Matobo and areas with similar rainfall and temperature](https://static.fdocuments.us/doc/165x107/6061f3beaab1e937704f1694/center-name-2013-technical-report-implications-are-increased-uptake-of-small-grains.jpg)
