About Southern Cross Foundation
about SCF
SCF seeks to develop a network of present day and ancient African Empires and King- and Queendoms to develop Heritage Routes with tourism projects along the way, owned by local residents, foster civic pride and contribute to poverty alleviation.
SCF aims to set up conservancies that curate and conserve eco-cultural landscapes and tangible and non-tangible heritage.
Ethno-archaeological research, capacity and leadership building, heritage e-learning programmes for local people and information provided in innovative museums and interpretation centers are important components of the program.
SCF as an officially UNESCO-accredited organization has been set up to promote world-class heritage and conservation-related community-based tourism projects in Africa, making use of the considerable cultural resources and assets that local communities in African countries possess.
The SCF heritage tourism development programme
- Development of community-based eco-cultural conservancies and landscapes.
- Community-based Capacity Building and Leadership Training
- Information-based e-learning for local citizens and International Academics and Tourists, compiled in an Information-, Interpretation- and Knowledge Database to review the African History and its history of African King- and Queendoms and African Trade- and Heritage Routes including reconstruction of settlements, traditional and current lifestyles and indigenous knowledge and technologies
- Digitization of International Archive and Library Material related to African Heritage Routes for tourism marketing purposes.
- Culture & Heritage E-learning Programmes for local citizens (field guide books, educational material).
- Field-Guide-Books
- Tourism Marketing material
- Web based information material
- Digital Information for Interpretation Centres and digital Interpretation Centres
- Private Partnership investment opportunities for African communities
- International Marketing of Heritage Sites in Africa in urban and rural areas including UNESCO World Heritage Sites, National Heritage Sites, Trans-Frontier Parks, National- Provincial- and Private Parks and Nature Reserves etc.
Join the African empires academy
Join us to correcting historical inaccuracies and presenting a more inclusive and diverse perspective on the Millenniums-Long history of African Empires and Monarchies from 4000 BC to present day
Tower in the Great Inclosure I Graet Zimbabwe I Mutapa Empire
Great Zimbabwe Monument I Zimbabwe Kingdom
Taharqa’s kiosk I Karnak Temple I Empire of Kush
Pyramids of Nuri I Sudan I Empire of Kush
Sudan Meroe Pyramids I Empire of Kush
Great Mosque of Djenné I Mali I Sahelian Empires
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