LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION NIGERIA AND THEIR ADDRESSES

Cultural cooperation of Nigeria is carried on the basis of the signed agreements, either bilateral or multilateral. The coordinating agency for cultural cooperation is the Federal Department of Culture. Regional African cooperation is mostly based on the common developmental experience and some similar characteristics of African cultures. It is motivated by the need to work on the emancipation of African cultures. 

The Black African arts and civilizations try to establish mutual links and exchange, which is not very easy as the authentic values and types of communication do not normally bring them closely together. Pan-African festivals offer an occasion for over-all presentation of arts and crafts, and the Nigerian government has hosted such manifestations (e.g. in 1977.).

Cooperation with western countries is mostly based on the presentation of Nigerian arts and crafts, or Nigerian music to the western audiences, and on the transfer of knowledge on cultural institutions and activities from the West. Nigerian cultures are very much in contact with the western cultural production and mass media, while the information on Nigerian cultures are very scarce in the West. The balance can hardly be reached.

The Nigerian government backs the cultural exchange through exchange of artists, exhibitions, information materials, etc. on the reciprocal basis.

Cooperation with UN, and particularly UNESCO, is of special concern. Apart from the support for festivals, exhibitions, etc., UNESCO pays particular attention to relevant cultural issues, such as copyright information management and enforcement, collection, analysis and documentation of the oral traditions, restoration and conservation of national monuments, creative writing, education, training in cultural development, establishment of a specialized National Institute for Cultural Orientation, etc. It is also through this organization that the Nigerian cultural institutions or associations join specialized international associations and organizations.

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION AND THEIR ADDRESSES

Federal Ministry of Information
(Cultural Division)
National Theatre, Iganmu
P.M.B. 12524
Lagos

Historical Society of Nigeria
Dept. of History
University of Lagos
Lagos

Ministry of Culture and Social Welfare
Kofo Aboyomi St.
Victoria Island
Lagos

National Commission for Museums and Monuments
National Museum
Onikan Rd
Lagos

National Council for Arts and Culture
Inagmu PMB 12524
Lagos

National Library of Nigeria
4 Wesley St.
PMB 12626
Lagos
Tel. 63-47-04

National Museum
PMB 2127
Kaduna

National Museum
Onikan Rd
Lagos

Nigeria Educational Research Council
POB 8058
Lagos

Nigerian Institute of Architects
P.O. Box 178
2 Idowu Taylor St. Victoria Island
Lagos
Tel. 617940

Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
Koto Abayomi Rd
Victoria Island
P.O. Box 1727
Lagos
Tel. 615606-10
Telex 22638

Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research
PMB 5, University of Ibadan
Ibadan
Tel. (022) 400500
Telex 31119

Nigerian Library Association
c/o The National Library of Nigeria
PMB 12626
Lagos

Nigerian National Commission for UNESCO
Federal Ministry of Education
14, Broad Street (3rd Floor)
PMB 2823 Lagos
Tel. (01) 636099 631140; 633104
Fax (01) 633104

Oron Museum
Oron
Akwa Ibom State

Owo Museum

Federal Dept of Antiquities
POB 84
Owo
Ondo State

University of Ibadan Library
Ibadan
Tel: 400550 (ext. 1496)
Telex 31233

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