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The Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) is an organization of archaeologists, researchers from associated disciplines and others who share an interest in African archaeology and African societies. Our membership is international, with participation from Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, and is actively involved in research in many African countries.
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AFRICAN CHRONOMETRIC DATING FUND (ACDF) 2024-25/ FONDS AFRICAIN DE DATATION CHRONOMETRIQUE (FADC) 2024-25 To all SAFA members and supporters of the ACDF, It is with great pleasure that the ACDF announces its radiocarbon dating funding awards for 2024-25. They include four (4) successful applicants from four different (4) countries among the fifteen (15) project applications received. We wish to thank the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) for its generous support that made these awards possible. C'est avec grand plaisir que l'ACDF annonce ses prix de financement de la datation au radiocarbone pour 2024-25. Parmi les quinze (15) demandes de projet reçues, quatre (4) candidats de quatre (4) pays différents ont été retenus. Nous tenons à remercier l'Institut britannique en Afrique de l'Est (BIEA) pour son soutien généreux qui a rendu ces prix possibles. Gninin Aïcha TOURE, Université de Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire. Mduduzi I. MASEKO, Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Théophile ZAGRE, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso. Nabiha AOUADI, Head of History Department of the National Patrimony Institute, Tunisia. Congratulations to all! Félicitations à tous ! Philip de Barros ACDF Founding Chair ACDF Chair: Philip de Barros; co-chairs, Applications & Education Committee: Emma Loftus & Kolawole Adekola; co-chairs, Funding Committee: Philip de Barros & Jacques Aymeric; Tutorial authors: David Killick & Bernard Clist; PAA Representatives: Ibrahima Thiaw and Chioma Ngonadi; BIEA Associate Member: Kennedy Gitu.
RED successful applications in 2022-23 and/or 2023-24 from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa GREEN – successful applications, Ghana (2023-24) and Sudan (2022-23, 2023-24) BLUE – 2024-25 first time applications from Tunisia, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, and Gabon Successful applications for 2024-25: Tunisia, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and South Africa GREY – Tanzania (2022-23), and Gabon (2024-25): one applications each (unsuccessful) | SAfA STATEMENT ON SUDAN The Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) condemns the current armed conflict and its devastating effects on the people and cultural heritage of Sudan. The destruction of lives and futures by the warring parties cannot be justified and has to stop. Armed conflict and its effects also endanger the irreplaceable archaeological and built heritage of the country, which constitutes an important part of the unique cultural legacy of Sudan and the identity of its people and their contributions to global history. We stand with our Sudanese colleagues and with local communities in their efforts to protect and promote the manifold cultural heritage of Sudan. We urge both parties to ensure the protection of heritage institutions and sites in line with international conventions. We support local, national and international efforts towards saving lives and the preservation of Sudan’s heritage, which forms an important facet of global heritage and cultural knowledge. Click on the following link from MAEASaM Project for mapping heritage at risk during the current conflict in Sudan: https://maeasam.org/mapping_heritage_risk_during_conflict_sudan/ |
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