George Abungu

George H.O. Abungu is a Cambridge-trained archaeologist and former Director-General of the National Museums of Kenya. He is C.E.O. of Okello Abungu Heritage Consultants and a recipient of Lifetime Achievement in Defense of Art by Association for Research into Crime against Art (ARCA). He is also a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts des Lettres) by Republic of France for his outstanding contribution to Heritage at local and global levels. Prof. Abungu has researched, published and taught in the disciplines of archaeology, heritage management, and museology, culture and development and was Kenya’s Representative to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, and Vice-President of its Bureau (2004-2008). He is founding Associate professor of MA heritage management, University of Mauritius and a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Stellenbosch South Africa.