Mali City Rankled by Rules for Life in Spotlight
10th January 2011
With its cone-shaped crenellations and palm wood drainage spouts, the grand facade seems outside time and helps illustrate why this ancient city in eastern Mali is an official World Heritage site.
But the guidelines established by Unesco, the cultural arm of the United Nations, which compiles the heritage list, demand that any reconstruction not substantially alter the original.
“When a town is put on the heritage list, it means nothing should change,” Mr. Maiga said. “But we want development, more space, new appliances — things that are much more modern. We are angry about all that.”
Too bad, guy. The Crust wants to freeze you in plastic. And these are the ‘progressives’; you can imagine what ‘reactionaries’ would do….