Author, researcher, #Amharic poet, Senior Lecturer. Against social, racial and epistemic injustices. From #Lalibela
Feb 4, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Lalibela is a #UNESCO world heritage site. In the last 70 years, it has been seriously harmed by bad conservation projects. New projects in #Lalibela should not repeat old mistakes.
A thread on the damage done to Lalibela BY conservation projects: 1/12
In 2008, EU-funded shelters were built over five of the churches. A UNESCO Mission Report discovered that the shelters allowed the rock to dry out which “has led to significant crumbling of the rock” (2018, p. 4). 2/12