Over the years, a number of security approaches have been developed in managing national museums and in limiting the chances of cultural properties loss. Also, a lot of acts from outside our museums by-passes and contravene museums security policies, practices and...
IKeji Festival, which takes place in Arondizuogu in Imo State, is believed to have as many as four versions of it’s origin. The first version talks of how a warrior named Dikeji from Arondizuogu conquered a village and made it compulsory for the defeated ruler...
Ineh is the festival of the Onotu Society also referred to as Igba Ekwensu. The Onotu is a society of war veterans. War itself is about decimating the enemy. According to popular belief,’’the hero is he who went to war, killed the enemy and came home safely.’’ The...
Oji also known as kola nut is a fruit of the kola tree, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. Although the caffeine-containing fruit of the tree is sometimes used as a flavoring ingredient in beverages, it has great spiritual significance in Igbo land (Global...
In 1953, the antiquities ordinance, which gave birth to the Federal Department of Antiquity was promulgated leading to the establishment of Museums in Esie, Jos, Ife, Lagos, Owo, Benin and Oron. After the Nigerian Civil War, the Federal Government in quest for lasting...
Nigeria is one of the West African countries endowed with rich cultural heritage, sourced from its multicultural communities. (Onyima, 2016). Its culturally diversified nature is a boost to its potential as a tourist nation, which has contributed to the development of...
