Nigeria's cultural sector continues to attract international attention as institutions and cultural leaders push for stronger preservation, documentation and international visibility.
Recent developments include the selection of Aisha Augie, Director-General of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation, for a Yale heritage fellowship involving cultural leaders from around the world.
Nigeria has also been involved in wider international conversations around indigenous knowledge, heritage preservation and the return of cultural objects.
UNESCO's work in this area has included collaboration involving students from Nigeria and other countries on preserving and sharing indigenous knowledge in the digital era.
Why heritage matters
Nigeria's cultural wealth includes:
Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Edo, Efik, Tiv, Kanuri and hundreds of other cultural traditions.
It also includes music, fashion, architecture, sculpture, oral history, festivals, food and indigenous knowledge.
The digital opportunity
Technology gives Nigeria an opportunity to document traditions that previously depended heavily on oral transmission.
Heritage is not simply something kept in museums.
It is living knowledge.
The challenge is making sure it survives long enough for future generations to inherit it.
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