Why are African World Heritage Sites a priority for the UNESCO-WHC?
Even though Africa has significant natural and cultural heritage sites few appear on the World Heritage List. Out of the 851 sites on the World heritage list only 112 (74 are from Sub-Saharan Africa) are from Africa. African sites however, predominate on the List of World Heritage in Danger and the initiatives in the Strategic Plan and Action Plan of the AWHF are aimed at helping to gradually improve the conservation and preservation of Africa’s World heritage.
