Lying in the heart of the Tenere Desert in the Sahara resides a solitary and silent outcrop. But the carvings on the sandstone 2 life size giraffe, speak loudly of an ancient African life, of a greener Sahara. Unique but fragile, learn how an expedition involving the local Tuaregs was undertaken to help preserve the carvings, and in so doing echo the call to protect for Africa's vast collection of rock art.
David Coulson, is probably the leading photographer of African Rock Art. On this site are a selection of 20 of his photgraphs covering the whole of Africa.
The project to take a mould of one of the largest rock art carvings in the world. Two life size Giraffe found in the Sahara, and to carry out a programme of preservation and protection.
The work of the Witwatersrand University Rock Art Research Institute in South Africa. Renowned for its high level of achievement in research publications and breadth of research talent.
Despite its significant position astride the most important rock art regions of Africa, i.e. southern Africa and the Sahara, the study of rock art in Tanzania is relatively new.
Much of Western Central Africa's rock art is still being discovered today, and this documentation is vital. The region appears to have been a major conduit for migration over a long period of time.
Maarten van Hoek's extensive survey covering the possible relations in rock art between cupules and animal imagery at Twyfelfontein in Namibia. Including the Site Report by Sven Ouzman.
Rock Art paintings have ben found in the Niassa Reserve, the vast and remote wilderness area of 42,000 sq km in northern Mozambique where approximately 25,000 people live.
Africa and the Sahara is the home of the Tuareg people. This photograph section is an overview of Life and Culture in present day Dabous Tuareg society in Niger
