Tag: CULTURE
Cultural institutions and IGR
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had been appointed development consultant and festival director for the 2nd National Film Festival under the distinguished chairmanship of...
Government must intervene in the Nigerian culture sector
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Of late, the buzzwords “creative enterprise”, “creative economy” and “creative sector” have gained such currency in Nigeria especially among...
Building strong corporate and organisational culture
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According to Wikipedia, “Organisational culture refers to culture in any type of organisation including that of schools, universities, not-for-profit...
Building a national culture (II): Between omoluabi and t’ifun loran
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the article, “Building a National Culture (I)” which I wrote for this column a few weeks ago, I asserted...
Obiano to float Igbo radio station, directs students to wear traditional...
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra on Tuesday said he would float a radio station that would broadcast exclusively in Igbo language.
He made this known...
Building a national culture (I)
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Wikipedia lists 378 ethnic groups (some prefer to call them tribes) in Nigeria. The groups have distinct languages but...
Access, programming, pricing and audience development
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The last time I went to the National Theatre of Nigeria to see a production was two years before...
Building capacity in the Nigerian creative and culture sector
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When one looks at the Nigerian cultural firmament, it strikes one that things could be better organised. At the...
Cultural promotion and programming
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In 2007, the British Council, which has had a long history of collaboration with the Royal Court Theatre London,...
Ministry of Information and Culture in search of purpose, by Akin...
At the risk of criticising the attitude of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to cultural matters, we feel it behoves all scholars of society and...