Stakeholders' meeting
26 October 2017UNESCO Multisectoral Office, Abuja in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Culture organizes the final stakeholders’ meeting leading to the end of the i ›››
Nigeria and the 2003 Convention
Latest news and events
Reinforcing capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage in Nigeria
28 June 2017Safeguarding Nigeria’s Intangible Cultural Heritage: Workshop on preparation of nomination files to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists and the preparation of request for International Assistance.
26 June 2017Periodic reporting
On the implementation of the Convention
15/12/2011 (submitted on time)
15/12/2023
15/12/2023
Key references
Ratification of the Convention on
21 October 2005Read the Convention in: [name_language]
Committee Member
Listing of ICH
Ijele masquerade (2009, RL)
5 elements inscribed
On-going nomination(s)
Backlog nomination(s)
Project
Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the West African Countries
1 January 2020 – 31 December 2021Amount (US$) 59,571 ›››
Support to the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Nigeria
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2017Amount (US$) 300,000 ›››
Safeguarding of the Ifa Divination system
1 October 2006 – 1 April 2010Amount (US$) 86,592 ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Promotion of the Oral Tradition of Gelede
1 October 2003 – 1 November 2008Amount (US$) 194,925 ›››
Accredited NGOs located in this country
Center for Peace Building and Poverty Reduction among Indigenous African Peoples - CEPPER - NIGERIA
1998Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo - NIGERIA
2009Lamar Kanuri Hutuye - NIGERIA
1992Kanuri Development Association - NIGERIA ›››