Sunday, April 19, 2009
NCAC Board Chairman goes visiting !
Chairman of the new Board of the National Council for Arts and Culture(NCAC) paid a visit to the head office of that organisation on Friday this week.He is no less than Chief Ebenezer Babatope.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Government realigns the Cultural Sector.
The Nigerian Cultural Sector which until recently was paired with the Tourism Sector to form the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism has once again been realigned. This time it goes into a Ministry of Culture and National Orientation.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
NAFEST moves to Mina !
This information is tentative, but it is about the most reliable you can get anywhere as at today viz- this year's edition of the prestigious National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) is scheduled to hold in Niger State in the first week of October.
If there is any change and we get hold of it, we will endeavour to be the first to get it to you .
If there is any change and we get hold of it, we will endeavour to be the first to get it to you .
Thursday, January 22, 2009
NCAC concludes a Management Retreat !
The management of the National Council for Arts and Culture ( NCAC ) just rose from a retreat held at the National Teachers Institute, Kaduna, with a resolve to achieve more in 2009.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Durbar Research Centre Website goes live !
The National Council for Arts and Culture(NCAC),in its efforts to promote culture and tourism, had earlier established a Naional Research Centre on Durbar Traditions, based in Kaduna, Nigeria. The sole aim was to research, document and promote the durbar traditions in Nigeria.
As part of that centre's attempts to reach out to the world, it recently launched its official website and you can be sure that it holds a lot of information for you !
Durbar Nigeria Website
As part of that centre's attempts to reach out to the world, it recently launched its official website and you can be sure that it holds a lot of information for you !
Durbar Nigeria Website
Friday, January 9, 2009
Nigerian Art Council :where it all began !
Many great things start small. It is hardly different with the formal sector of the Nigerian Cultural Administration.
Many of those now milking the sector hardly know or remember that the seeds of what is today known as the National Council for Arts and Culture and, arguably, one of the biggest parastatals in the sector started as a Non-Governmental organisation by the name Nigerian Art Council.
Can one then reasonably expect them to remember the deservings of people like Maitama Sule,Chief Dr Kola Balogun , Chief Dappa Biriye etc, ? In the early 80s, the NCAC issued a book on the history of the organisation. One name I eagerly looked forward to seeing was Frank Abiodun Aig-Imoukhuede.He was a member of the Nigerian Art Council team .When the transformation occurred it went through stages. First , the government was convinved to give the NAC subvention and later it was accepted as the official non-ministerial arm of the government's cultural administration efforts.
Mr Aig-imoukhuede was there through all that and became the first administrative head of the National Council for Arts and Culture in the capacity of Executive Secretary. As at the time the booklet was being issued, he was the immediate past head of the NCAC. Alas, I did not find his name on any page of that document ! I did not not know whether to laugh or cry !
Many of those now milking the sector hardly know or remember that the seeds of what is today known as the National Council for Arts and Culture and, arguably, one of the biggest parastatals in the sector started as a Non-Governmental organisation by the name Nigerian Art Council.
Can one then reasonably expect them to remember the deservings of people like Maitama Sule,Chief Dr Kola Balogun , Chief Dappa Biriye etc, ? In the early 80s, the NCAC issued a book on the history of the organisation. One name I eagerly looked forward to seeing was Frank Abiodun Aig-Imoukhuede.He was a member of the Nigerian Art Council team .When the transformation occurred it went through stages. First , the government was convinved to give the NAC subvention and later it was accepted as the official non-ministerial arm of the government's cultural administration efforts.
Mr Aig-imoukhuede was there through all that and became the first administrative head of the National Council for Arts and Culture in the capacity of Executive Secretary. As at the time the booklet was being issued, he was the immediate past head of the NCAC. Alas, I did not find his name on any page of that document ! I did not not know whether to laugh or cry !
Monday, January 5, 2009
What Is The Nigerian Cultural Sector ?
So what excactly constitutes the Nigerian Cultural Sector ?
At the core of the Nigerian Cultural Sector structure is a ministerial department that goes by the name - Federal Department of Culture.
Complementing it at the Federal level are the following extra-ministerial departments :
(i) the National Council for Arts and Culture ( NCAC )
(ii) the National Commission for Museums and Monuments ( NCMM )
(iii) the National Gallery of Arts (NGA)
(iv) the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO)
(v) the Centre for Black Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC)
(vi) the National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN) and
(vii) the National Theatre Management Board ( NTMB)
Officially, the following are no more part of the Cultural Sector but continue to have cultural relevance :
(i) the National Copyright Commission (NCC) and
(ii) the National Archives.
Virtually all the 37 states of the Federation and the National Capital Territory have their equivalents of the National Council for Arts and Culture though they are known variously as : State Council for Arts and Culture, Cultural Centre Board orHistory and Culture Bureau.
Also to be added to the sector structure are the Professional Associations like the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners(NANTAP), the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artistes ( SONTA), the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) etc, the Non-Governmental Organisations including the foreign ones like the British Council, the Alliance Francaise, the Italian Cultural Institute etc, the Performing Troupes, the Exhibition Groups like AKA etc and finally, the myriad of unassociated artists and artistes.
At the core of the Nigerian Cultural Sector structure is a ministerial department that goes by the name - Federal Department of Culture.
Complementing it at the Federal level are the following extra-ministerial departments :
(i) the National Council for Arts and Culture ( NCAC )
(ii) the National Commission for Museums and Monuments ( NCMM )
(iii) the National Gallery of Arts (NGA)
(iv) the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO)
(v) the Centre for Black Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC)
(vi) the National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN) and
(vii) the National Theatre Management Board ( NTMB)
Officially, the following are no more part of the Cultural Sector but continue to have cultural relevance :
(i) the National Copyright Commission (NCC) and
(ii) the National Archives.
Virtually all the 37 states of the Federation and the National Capital Territory have their equivalents of the National Council for Arts and Culture though they are known variously as : State Council for Arts and Culture, Cultural Centre Board orHistory and Culture Bureau.
Also to be added to the sector structure are the Professional Associations like the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners(NANTAP), the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artistes ( SONTA), the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) etc, the Non-Governmental Organisations including the foreign ones like the British Council, the Alliance Francaise, the Italian Cultural Institute etc, the Performing Troupes, the Exhibition Groups like AKA etc and finally, the myriad of unassociated artists and artistes.
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