A fascinating story by Stephanie Hegarty of the BBC World Service describing the work undertaken by Sada Mire, who has been working almost single-handedly in Somalia and Somaliland to “uncover and preserve a cultural heritage that has been systematically looted, both in colonial times and mor erecently by warlords trading heritage for guns.”
Sada Mire : Uncovering Somalia’s Heritage
Sada Mire fled Somalia’s civil war as a child, and lived as a refugee in Sweden. But now she is back in the Horn of Africa as an archaeologist, making some incredible discoveries.
Sada Mire is only 35, but she has already revealed a dozen sites that could be candidates for Unesco world heritage status.
She has a fellowship in the department of art and archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and is head of the department of antiquities in the breakaway territory of Somaliland, in the north-west region of Somalia. She is the only archaeologist working in the region.
Full Story : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14592866
