UNESCO World Heritage at 50: Calls for Africa to have more World Heritage sites

China Africa Talk

Cultural heritage experts are calling for Africa to have more World Heritage sites and conservation efforts. They made the call as UNESCO celebrates the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the text that launched the World Heritage Sites list. Currently 1,154 sites have been given World Heritage status, with only 12% located in Africa.

China, which has 56 sites, has pledged to continue supporting capacity building and conservation efforts in Africa.

In this episode of China Africa Talk, Zanele Buthelezi discusses UNESCO's World Heritage Convention, and the protection of culture heritage in Africa and China with:

Souayibou Virassou, Executive Director of the African World Heritage Fund, and Professor Lyu Zhou, Director of the National Heritage Center at Tsinghua University.