Strengthening capacities for periodic reporting under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa

Países beneficiarios: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Camerún, Chad, Comoras, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibuti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Etiopía, Gabón, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malí, Mauricio, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Níger (el), República Centroafricana, República Democrática del Congo, República Unida de Tanzania, Ruanda, Santo Tomé y Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudán del Sur, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Resumen:

Africa is the fourth region to be undertaking periodic reporting under the revised regional cycle approved by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention [Decision 14.COM 8]. The present project aims to strengthen the human and institutional capacities of States Parties in the region, in conducting a thorough review of the state of safeguarding policies, programmes, and initiatives in ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2024-04-22 – Milestone achieved as Africa participates in its first regional cycle of periodic reporting

Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the West African Countries

Países beneficiarios: Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leona

Noticias y actividades:

• 2021-06-08 – Awareness Creation Workshops on 'Intangible Cultural Heritage-in-Education' for Anglophone Countries in West Africa

Support to the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Nigeria

Países beneficiarios: Nigeria

Resumen:

A needs assessment carried out in 2011 showed that the national capacities of Nigeria are not yet adapted to meet the requirements of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The aim of the project is to lay a solid foundation to support Nigeria in its efforts to safeguard the living heritage present in the country. Thanks to ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2017-10-26 – Stakeholders' meeting
• 2017-06-28 – Reinforcing capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage in Nigeria

Salvaguardia del sistema de adivinación Ifa

Países beneficiarios: Nigeria

Resumen:

La adivinación Ifa, que practican las comunidades yorubas, se funda en un sistema complejo de signos, recopilados en un corpus literario, que un adivino interpreta a fin de orientar la toma de decisiones importantes, sean personales o colectivas. El corpus de referencia constituye un tesoro de conocimientos relativos a la historia, la filosofía, la medicina y la mitología yoruba. Este pr ›››

Plan de Acción para la salvaguardia y promoción de la tradición oral del Gelede

Países beneficiarios: Benin, Nigeria, Togo

Resumen:

La ceremonia Gelede en honor de Iyà Nlà, la madre primordial, está dirigida por mujeres, hecho que pone de relieve la importancia que tienen éstas en la vida yoruba. Tras semanas de preparativos, la ceremonia nocturna se abre con cantos y percusiones, que después dan paso a una orquesta y a bailarines enmascarados y vestidos con espléndidos atuendos. La finalidad del p ›››