We are pleased to present our latest publication, "I Love Rock Art".
This 24-page full-colour magazine is targeted at a young audience. It talks about rock art around Africa
and showcases the activities that were a part of TARA's two-year exhibition, "Dawn of Imagination", at the
Nairobi National Museum.The animation of....
An article, "Promoting Peace by Rock Art", by Evan Mwangi
was published in one Kenya's leading newspapers, The Daily Nation on 31 July 201.
The article highlights the efforts of the curator of the Abasuba Community Peace Museum,
Jack Obonyo, in promoting peace and reconciliation as well as....
William O. Omoro. William joined TARA in
June 2010 as the Community Projects and Outreach Assistant.
Eliza Wilson-Powers began a 6 week profession exchange at TARA in July 2010. Eliza has an undergraduate degree from
The Art Institute of Chicago and ....
Prof. Fabrizio Mori, eminent Africanist scholar and founder of the Italian-Libyan Archaeological
Mission in the Acacus
and Messak passed away in July 2010, aged 85.
Prof. Mori was among the
first western researchers to visit the Acacus Mountains,
in ...
"Africa's rock art is the common
heritage of all Africans and all people. It is the
common heritage of humanity. As populations increase
and vandalism and theft of Africa's rock art are on
the rise, this irreplaceable resource is highly threatened.
It is time for Africa's leaders to take a new and
more active role. We must save this cultural heritage
before it is too late."....
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (2005)
TARA's strength is without a doubt its magnificent
database of rock art sites and image bank, which now
holds over 16,000 high quality images, all taken by TARA's
founding Chairman, David Coulson.
TARA is pleased to launch this gallery with images
from Mathendous, an important Rock Art site in Libya which was listed
on the World Monument
Fund's Watch List of the 100 most endangered sites in 2008. This Gallery has been made possible,
in part, by the World Monuments Fund, Robert W. Wilson Challenge to Conserve our Heritage.
