Cultural World Heritage in Africa

65 of the 115 properties in Africa are cultural, spread over 29 countries; the most recent was inscribed in 2026.

Cultural 65

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
The Medinas of the Historic Sultanates of the Comoros	Comoros	2026	Cultural	iii iv
The Roças of Sao Tome and Principe: Colonial Agricultural System and Forced Migration	São Tomé and Príncipe	2026	Cultural	iv
Diy-Gid-Biy	Cameroon	2025	Cultural	iii
Mulanje Massif	Malawi	2025	Cultural	iii vi
Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites	South Africa	2024	Cultural	vi
Melka Kunture	Ethiopia	2024	Cultural	iii iv v
Royal Court of Tiébélé	Burkina Faso	2024	Cultural	iii vi
Ruins of Gedi	Kenya	2024	Cultural	ii iii iv
The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa	South Africa	2024	Cultural	iii iv v
Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero	Rwanda	2023	Cultural	vi
The Gedeo Cultural Landscape	Ethiopia	2023	Cultural	iii v
Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	2021	Cultural	ii iv
Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	2019	Cultural	iii iv vi
Thimlich Ohinga	Kenya	2018	Cultural	iii iv v
Asmara: A Modernist African City	Eritrea	2017	Cultural	ii iv
Khomani Cultural Landscape	South Africa	2017	Cultural	v vi
M'banza-Kongo	Angola	2017	Cultural	iii iv vi
Historic Center of Agadez	Niger	2013	Cultural	ii iii
Bassari Country	Senegal	2012	Cultural	iii v vi
Historic town of Grand-Bassam in danger	Côte d'Ivoire	2012	Cultural	iii iv
Fort Jesus Museum	Kenya	2011	Cultural	ii v
Konso Cultural Landscape	Ethiopia	2011	Cultural	iii v
Saloum Delta	Senegal	2011	Cultural	iii iv v
Cidade Velha	Cape Verde	2009	Cultural	ii iii vi
Ruins of Loropéni	Burkina Faso	2009	Cultural	iii
Le Morne Brabant	Mauritius	2008	Cultural	iii vi
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests	Kenya	2008	Cultural	iii v vi
Richtersveld	South Africa	2007	Cultural	iv v
Twyfelfontein	Namibia	2007	Cultural	iii v
Aapravasi Ghat	Mauritius	2006	Cultural	vi
Chongoni Rock Art Area	Malawi	2006	Cultural	iii vi
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town	Ethiopia	2006	Cultural	ii iii iv v
Kondoa Rock Art Sites	Tanzania	2006	Cultural	iii vi
Stone Circles of Senegambia	Gambia Senegal	2006	Cultural	i iii
Osun-Osogbo Grove	Nigeria	2005	Cultural	ii iii vi
Koutammakou	Togo Benin	2004	Cultural	v vi
Tomb of Askia in danger	Mali	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites	Gambia	2003	Cultural	iii vi
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape	South Africa	2003	Cultural	ii iii iv v
Matobo Hills	Zimbabwe	2003	Cultural	iii v vi
Ambohimanga	Madagascar	2001	Cultural	iii iv vi
Kasubi Tombs	Uganda	2001	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Lamu Old Town	Kenya	2001	Cultural	ii iv vi
Tsodilo	Botswana	2001	Cultural	i iii vi
Island of Saint-Louis	Senegal	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Stone Town	Tanzania	2000	Cultural	ii iii vi
Cradle of Humankind	South Africa	1999	Cultural	iii vi
Robben Island	South Africa	1999	Cultural	iii vi
Sukur	Nigeria	1999	Cultural	iii v vi
Island of Mozambique	Mozambique	1991	Cultural	iv vi
Old Towns of Djenné in danger	Mali	1988	Cultural	iii iv
Timbuktu in danger	Mali	1988	Cultural	ii iv v
Great Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1986	Cultural	i iii vi
Khami	Zimbabwe	1986	Cultural	iii iv
Royal Palaces of Abomey	Benin	1985	Cultural	iii iv
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara	Tanzania	1981	Cultural	iii
Asante Traditional Buildings	Ghana	1980	Cultural	v
Axum	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	i iv
Lower Valley of the Awash	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	ii iii iv
Omo River	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	iii iv
Tiya archaeological site	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	i iv
Fasil Ghebbi	Ethiopia	1979	Cultural	ii iii
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions	Ghana	1979	Cultural	vi
Gorée	Senegal	1978	Cultural	vi
Monolithic churches in Lalibela	Ethiopia	1978	Cultural	i ii iii

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