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Bahari Yetu, Urithi Wetu: Our Ocean, Our Heritage

1 June 2019 - 31 December 2019

PI/s in Exeter: Professor John P. Cooper

Research partners: Dr. Elgidius Ichimbaki (University of Dar Es Salaam) Dr. Lucy Blue (University of Southampton), CHAMABOMA Bagamoyo WAUTO-Kaole

Funding awarded: £ 49,000

Sponsor(s): Rising from the Depths Network (GCRF)

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Bahari Yetu, Urithi Wetu: Our Ocean, Our Heritage

About the research

This project explored, through collaborative community engagement, the value of maritime heritage as perceived by the communities of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, and documented their endangered material culture, connectivity with maritime space, and craft and fishing practise.