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What Is Wrong With Us: We queue for the Colosseum while our own Castles crumble

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What Is Wrong With Us: We queue for the Colosseum while our own Castles crumble

The slave castles belong to the memory of humanity, the Asante buildings to generations not yet born, Robben Island to the conscience of South Africa and the world, and Great Zimbabwe to a story of African achievement that must never again be casually dismissed.

The number of African properties on the World Heritage List rose from 93 in 2018 to 108 by May 2025.

Douglas Boateng, Chartered Director UK | Chartered Engineer UK | Fellow, Institute of Directors UK | Fellow, Ghana Institution of Engineering | Governance, Industrialisation and Supply Chain Strategist | Founder, Boardroom Governance Summit | Founder and Scriber, NyansaKasa (Words of Wisdom) There is something quietly contradictory about a continent that holds some of humanity’s most extraordinary historical treasures yet so often struggles to maintain the places that preserve them.

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