26 Facts About Sada Mire

Sada Mire was born on July 1976 and is a Swedish-Somali archaeologist, art historian and presenter from the Arap clan, who is currently a professor of Heritage Studies at University College London.

Sada Mire is a public intellectual and heritage activist who has argued that cultural heritage is a basic human need in her 2014 TEDxEuston talk.

Sada Mire became the Director of Antiquities of Somaliland in 2007.

Sada Mire has since returned to the Horn of Africa as an archaeologist.

Sada Mire was born in Hargeisa, Somaliland, in 1977 before relocating to Mogadishu with her family.

Sada Mire's father was as a police official who died during the early stages of the collapse of the Somali state when she was 12.

Sada Mire has conducted field research in Somaliland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti and Egypt, and has worked for the United Nations Development Program.

Sada Mire launched an ambitious programme of archeological explorations in 2007.

Until 2019 Sada Mire held the role of assistant professor at the faculty of archaeology, Leiden University.

Sada Mire is currently associate professor in Heritage Studies at University College London.

Sada Mire, leading a team of 50 helpers, has discovered prehistoric rock art in Somaliland at almost 100 sites; at least 10 of these are likely to receive World Heritage status.

Sada Mire was involved in establishing Somalia's Department of Tourism and Archaeology.

In 2006, Sada Mire created the first website dedicated to Somali Heritage and Archeology.

Sada Mire has run national and international media campaigns to fight the looting and destruction of Somali archeological sites.

Sada Mire discussed the misuse of archaeology for politics and intentional destruction of heritage sites by ideological groups for example India.

Sada Mire is considered to have pioneered the study of indigenous heritage management systems in Africa with her article "Preserving knowledge, not objects: a Somali perspective for Archaeological Research and Heritage Management".

Sada Mire addressed the looting and destruction of Somalia's heritage after the start of the Somali civil war.

Sada Mire's approaches have been discussed by other scholars in the application of locally appropriate theoretical frameworks.

In 2011, Sada Mire proposed to UNESCO the digital preservation of Somali potential World Heritage.

Sada Mire has spoken on several BBC Radio programs including BBC World Service Forum panel on the Aftermath of war and marriage.

Sada Mire was a speaker at the Europe Lecture and an "eminent" respondent to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, June 2016.

Sada Mire was a speaker at the Swedish National Heritage Board and on BBC World Service radio documentary "Stories on the Rocks", December 2018.

In 2016, Sada Mire was included a list of 12 pioneer women archaeologists who have contributed to the enrichment of the discipline throughout history.

Sada Mire is on the boards of several notable institutions, including the Prince Claus Foundation.

Sada Mire was one of the experts featuring in the 2017 PBS series Africa's Great Civilizations, presented by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Sada Mire is the presenter and screenwriter of the MOOC titled Heritage under Threat.