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Cultural Governance and the European Union: Protecting and Promoting Cultural Diversity in Europe. Palgrave- Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-45375-4. Schmitt, Thomas (2011). Cultural Governance as a conceptual framework. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. MMG Working Paper 11–02. ISSN 2192-2357.
It is responsible for promoting and developing arts, culture, and creative industries in the country. Its main goal is to use the power of arts and creativity to boost the economy, preserve Nigeria’s cultural heritage, and share the country's culture with the world. Hannatu Musa Musawa is the current minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy.
The Ijaw culture of the South has been influenced greatly by its location on the coast and the interaction with foreigners that it necessitated. Its members amassed great wealth while serving as middlemen, and the preponderance of English names among them today is a testament to the trade names adopted by their ancestors at this time. [45] [46]
Cultural framework is a term used in social science to explain traditions, value systems, myths and symbols that are common in a given society. A given society may have multiple cultural frameworks (for example, United States society has different cultural frameworks for its white American and African American populations).
The official language of Nigeria, English, was chosen to facilitate the cultural and linguistic unity of the country, owing to the influence of British colonisation which ended in 1960. Nigerian Pidgin English , first used by British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century, [ 244 ] has replaced the ...
Cultural policy is not typically justified solely on the grounds that it is a good-in-itself, but rather that it yields other good results. The future of cultural policy would seem to predict an increasingly inexorable demand that the arts "carry their own weight" rather than rely on a public subsidy to pursue "art for art's sake". [17]
Democratic deficit: Some political institutions and processes in Nigeria are not conducive to democratic governance or secularism. [48] For example, there is a lack of transparency and accountability in public affairs, a high level of corruption and nepotism, a weak rule of law and human rights protection, a low level of civic education and ...
Pages in category "Cultural organizations based in Nigeria" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .