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Title:The role of culture in national development
Author:Biobaku, SaboriISNI
Year:1983
Periodical:African Notes: Bulletin of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Volume:9
Issue:2
Pages:1-7
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:national culture
cultural policy
Abstract:For over 2,500 years, Africa South of the Sahara has been an object of cultural study; now it is henceforth to be also a subject of cultural study, examining itself and communicating its experiences in self-conscious spiritual freedom. In ensuring the effective underpinning of the role of culture in Nigeria's national development three major considerations should be born in mind: rehabilitation, activation and propagation. African culture - and ipso facto Nigerian culture - is essentially spiritual and humanistic and for that reason also it must be preserved in a world that is becoming more and more technological and materialistic. Nigerian institutions, such as the National Antiquities Commission, the Federal Department of Antiquities, universities, schools, colleges and museums should play a role in promoting Nigerian cultural development. A Cultural Commission is needed which can provide an overall umbrella of policy for the direction of all the cultural activities.
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