In collaboration with CRATerre, an organization focused on earthen architecture conservation, the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, and the Wa Traditional Council, WMF began work in February 2009, concentrating on documenting and planning and emergency stabilization of the structure using traditional materials. (...)
In collaboration with CRATerre, an organization focused on earthen architecture conservation, the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, and the Wa Traditional Council, WMF began work in February 2009, concentrating on documenting and planning and emergency stabilization of the structure using traditional materials. A particular focus is on preserving the traditional process of regular maintenance and repair, which had begun to break down about a decade earlier, leading to the deterioration of the structure. Preserving this process, and strengthening the social and economic traditions that underpin it, is as important for conserving the building as the physical work. The site will be promoted as a cultural and historic destination to generate revenue for long-term maintenance. The project is expected to be finished in 2012.
