Webber Ndoro

Webber Ndoro was the Director-General of ICCROM (the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) from 2017 to 2023. He is considered the first professional Zimbabwean cultural heritage manager, and amongst the first trained Zimbabwean archaeologists.

Early life and education Webber was born in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe, in 1959, and grew up in the area of Domboshava . Ndoro has made major contributions to the training of archaeologists and heritage managers across Africa.

Ndoro was appointed as the Director General of ICCROM in the period 2017-2023.

Selected publications Webber Ndoro and Gilbert Pwiti. 2005. Legal Frameworks for the Protection of Immovable Cultural Heritage in Africa. ICCROM conservation studies. Rome: ICCROM.

Webber Ndoro. 2005. The Preservation of Great Zimbabwe: your Monument our Shrine. ICCROM Conservation Studies 4. Rome: ICCROM.

Webber Ndoro. 2006. Building the capacity to protect heritage in rural communities, in N. Agnew & J. Bridgland (ed.) Of the past, for the future: integrating archaeology and conservation, proceedings of the conservation theme at the 5th World Archaeological Congress, Washington, D.C., 22–26 June 2003: 336–39. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute.

Webber Ndoro, Albert Mumma, George Abungu. 2008. Cultural Heritage and the Law: Protecting Immovable Heritage in sub-Saharan Africa Rome: ICCROM Conservation Studies 8.

Ndoro, W., & Kiriama, H. 2008. Management mechanisms in heritage legislation. In W. Ndoro, A. Mummaand, & G. Abungu (Eds.), Cultural heritage and the law: Protecting immovable heritage in sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 53–62). Rome: ICCROM Conservation Studies 8.