cultural preservation Archives

Launch of Project for the Documentation, Conservation and Revitalization of Textile Traditions of Central Mali

United States Embassy in Mali Press Statement No: 14-EN Bamako, Mali, December 16, 2021 U.S. Ambassador Dennis B. Hankins joined M. Andogoly Guindo, Minister of Handicrafts, Culture, the Hotel Industry and Tourism, for a ceremony to launch the 2021 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation project on the textiles of central Mali. Ambassador Hankins ...

By U.S. Mission Mali | 16 December, 2021 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases | Tags: Central Mali, Conservation, cultural preservation, Documentation, Launch, Revitalization, Textile, Traditions

U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation Archeological Inventory Project Opens in Bamako

On January 6, Ambassador Dennis Hankins and Mali’s Ministry of Culture’s National Directorate of Cultural Patrimony (DNCP) launched a week-long technical training for 35 Malian archeologists and specialized technicians. The training began the first stage of a program that will create the first ever “Inventory of Mali’s Archeological Heritage” and will document location sites for ...

By U.S. Mission Mali | 29 January, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Art & Culture, Culture, Embassy, Events, U.S. & Mali | Tags: Ambassador's Fund, archeology, Art, cultural preservation, culture, inventory