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Book Title: Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya

Book Subtitle: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Book Editor(s): Anne-Marie Deisser, Mugwima Njuguna
Published by: UCL Press. (2016)
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 Conservation

Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya

In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. Its
prehistoric heritage not only tells the story of man's origin and evolution but
has also contributed to the understanding of the earth's history, via fossils

of
and artefacts spanning over 27 million years that have been discovered
and conserved by the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). Alongside
this, the steady rise in the market value of African art has also affected
Kenya: demand for African tribal art has surpassed that for antiquities of
Roman, Byzantine, and Egyptian origin, and in African countries currently

Natural
experiencing conflicts, this activity invariably attracts looters, traffickers
and criminal networks.

This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different

backgrounds, including conservation, heritage management, museum

and
studies, archaeology, environment and social sciences, architecture and
landscape, geography, philosophy and economics to explore three key
themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of heritage
conservation; the exploration of architectural and urban heritage of

Cultural
Nairobi; and the natural heritage, landscapes and sacred sites in relation
to local Kenyan communities and tourism. It thus provides an overview
of conservation practices in Kenya from 2000 to 2015 and highlights the
role of natural and cultural heritage as a key factor of social-economic
development, and as a potential instrument for conflict resolution.

ANNE-MARIE DEISSER is Research Associate at the Department of History

and Archaeology of the University of Nairobi and Honorary Research
Associate at UCLs Institute of Archaeology, London.
Heritage
in Kenya
MUGWIMA NJUGUNA is an architect and planner, and director of the

Mugwima Njuguna
Anne-Marie Deisser
Edited by
Centre for Urban Studies at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology.

Edited by
Anne-Marie Deisser
Cover design:
Mugwima Njuguna
Liron Gilenberg

Cover image:
Kiswahili: Jiwe la kulia
by KilaKabila,
licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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Conservation of Natural and Cultural
Heritage in Kenya

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Conservation of
Natural and Cultural
Heritage in Kenya
A cross-disciplinary approach

Editedby
Anne-Marie Deisser
Mugwima Njuguna

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