this led to the establishment of the history and archaeology panel in 2000, under the chairpersonship of the african novelist and academic, professor njabulo ndebele, and participation of prominent academics like dr pallo jordan, professor andré odendaal, professor bill nasson and others which led to the founding of the south african history project in august 2001 at the old fort (now constitution hill) in johannesburg. the project was funded by the carnegie corporation of new york until june 2004. one of the sources of inspiration was a project, conducted between south african and danish historians and history educationalists in 1999/2000: the history for democracy project.