4.4 Historical Sites and Monuments in Africa

• Location of selected historical sites and monuments in Africa: Fort Jesus, Kilwa, Great Zimbabwe, Giza pyramids, Meroe, Timbuktu, Robben Island
• Importance of historical sites and monuments for cultural heritage
• Ways of conserving historical sites and monuments in Africa and in the locality

• locate selected historical sites and monuments in Africa
• examine the importance of historical sites and monuments for the preservation of cultural heritage
• explore ways of conserving historical sites and monuments in Africa
• apply ways of conserving cultural heritage in community
• desire to conserve historical sites and monuments in the locality in promoting cultural heritage

“Why should we conserve historical sites and monuments?”

The titles are open to everyone. Reading a lesson needs an account — sign in or create one.

1. Locating selected historical sites in Africa
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Mark Fort Jesus, Kilwa, Great Zimbabwe, Giza, Meroe, Timbuktu and Robben Island. Location first; stories next.
2. Fort Jesus, Mombasa
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Portuguese-built 1593-1596 on Mombasa Island, later Omani and British, now an NMK museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site (2011).
3. Kilwa on the Swahili coast
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Kilwa Kisiwani was a coral Swahili city-state in today's Tanzania, rich on gold and Indian Ocean trade. UNESCO lists Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara (1981).
4. Great Zimbabwe
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   A dry-stone Shona city of about the 11th-15th centuries near Masvingo. Hill Complex, Great Enclosure, Valley. UNESCO 1986. African-built.
5. The Giza pyramids
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure on the Giza plateau near Cairo: Old Kingdom tombs of the 4th Dynasty, about 2600-2500 BCE, with the Great Sphinx. UNESCO 1979 as part of Memphis and its Necropolis.
6. Meroe and Timbuktu
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Meroe: Kushite capital on the Nile in Sudan, pyramids and iron, UNESCO 2011. Timbuktu: Mali learning and trade city of mosques and manuscripts, UNESCO 1988.
7. Robben Island
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Island in Table Bay, Cape Town: leper colony then apartheid political prison. Nelson Mandela spent 18 of 27 years here. Museum; UNESCO 1999.
8. Conserving historical sites and heritage
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Sites hold identity, evidence, education and careful tourism. Conserve by law, museums, no harm, honest teaching and local care. Apply that in this community.