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Author(s)
Teferi Mekonnen Bekele
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2018.04.002
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Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia University of South Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ABSTRACT
This
article examines the legal impediments to proper cultural heritage management
in Ethiopia in light of three successive Ethiopian
governments’ proclamations on cultural heritage conservation. It provides a brief
overview of the meaning and types of cultural heritages as well as the
evolution of the concept and practice of the protection and preservation of
cultural heritages. Having critically analyzed the basic essences of the legal
provisions of the cultural heritage conservation proclamations of the Imperial,
the Military (Derg), and the reigning governments, the article argues that the
decrees issued mainly reflect the political philosophy of the three respective
regimes. As a result, the second legal provision is not better than the first
one, and within the same logic, the third is more expected to mitigate the
problems related to cultural heritage management than the second one.
Nevertheless, it is an open secret that the destruction and loss of cultural
heritages in Ethiopia are increasing from time to time. Finally, the article provides conclusions
consisting of recommendations to address the legal impediments to
proper cultural heritage management in Ethiopia.
KEYWORDS
Ethiopia, culture, heritage, management, proclamation
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