The book concludes with a discussion of specific steps that could halt the disappearance of Africa's art and antiquities.

PrefaceThe African Past Endangered, by Peter R. Schmidt and Roderick J. McIntoshThe Human Right to a Cultural Heritage: African Applications, by Peter R. SchmidtSaving the Heritage: UNESCO's Action Against Illicit Traffic in Africa, by Lyndel V. ProttJust Say Shame: Excising the Rot of Cultural Genocide, by Roderick J. McIntoshA View Inside the Illicit Trade in African Antiquities, by Michel BrentThe Fight Against the Plundering of Lalian Cultural Heritage and Illicit Exportation: National Efforts and International Cooperation, by Samuel SidibeU.S. Efforts in the Protection of Cutlural Property: Implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention, by Maria Papageorge KouroupasAfrica's Vanishing Cultural Heritage: Reflections of an American Cultural Diplomat, by Robert R. LaGammaA Conservation Dilemma over African Royal Art in Cameroon, by Paul Nchoji NkwiPast as Prologues: Empowering AFrica's Cultural Institutions, by Henry John drewalNigerian Art as Endangered Specia, by Dele JegedeCoping with Collapse in the 1990s: West African Museums, Universities, and National Partimonies, by Merrick PosnanskyHow Accurate Are Interpretations of African Objects in Western Museums?, by Francis B. MusondaWhose Cultural Heritage? Conflicts and Contradictions in the Conservation of Historic Structures, Towns, and Rock Art in Tanzania, by Amini Aza MturiThe Deterioration and Destruction of Archaeological and Historical Sites in Tanzania, by N. J. KaromaKenya's Destruction of the Swahili Cultural Heritage, by C. KusimbaPreservation of Cultural Heritage on the East African Coast, by Thomas H. Wilson and Athman Lali OmarStarting from scratch: The Past, Present, and future Management of Somalia's Cultural Heritage, by steven A. brandt and Osman Yusuf MohamedIndex