Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria And Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola Dance to the Music of the Ekemini Troupe at the Opening from Akwa-Ibom State at the Opening Session of the First Global Conference of Black Nationalities
Former Presisent Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola...
Preview of Exhibition of Fine Art from The City of Wilmington's Sister City Osogbo, Nigeria
Osogbo-Wilmington Sister City delegates, the two exhibiting artists Chiefs Muraina Oyelami and Jimoh Buraimo, Chief Stanley Straughter representing CBCIU USA and others. ...
Celebrating UNESCO at 70
Celebrations of the 70th anniversary of UNESCO...
Cultural Diversity
Our greatness is in the diversity of our culture...
Masquerades on Display
Masquerades on display during a cultural festival...
Foundation Governing Board
Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola with members of the Foundation Governing Board in 2009...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria And Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola at the Opening Session of the First Global Conference of Black Nationalities
Exhibition of Fine Art from The City of Wilmington�s Sister City Osogbo,Nigeria
Celebrating UNESCO at 70
Cultural Diversity
Masquerades on Display
Foundation Governing Board
WELCOME
The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, was set up in 2009, with the administrative building officially
commissioned on January 7, by Koichuro Matsuura, the then Director-General of UNESCO
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PICTURES FROM THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED NATIONAL SECURITY SUMMIT
- Cross Section of Traditional Rulers
National Summit on Security and Insecurity in Nigeria, the Role of Traditional Rulers
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF ONE-DAY NATIONAL SUMMIT.... Read moreRECENT EVENTS
Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi III (1938-2022): A Roundtable and a Day of Tributes
The recent passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, to immortality has continued to generate discussions and debates across all spectrums of life. There is no doubt that his 52-year reign witnessed phenomenal achievements in the field of education, community development, modern infrastructure, culture, effective security, peace building and recognition of the Alaafin as a global brand. Alaafin Adeyemi III was an Oba who loved Yoruba culture and made it a strong aspect of everyday life even up till his last moment on earth. .... Read more
CBAAC 2023 International Conference: Arts, Culture and the Development of African Creative Economy
In the year 2000, the United Nations declared the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with the aim of reducing to the barest minimum, by 2015, global poverty and hunger, illiteracy, gender inequality, child and maternal mortality, epidemics and other global development challenges. Unfortunately, available evidence shows that most, if not all countries in Africa, will not achieve the MDGs by 2015. The Millennium Development Goals' (MDGs) vision which is enshrined in the Millennium Declaration (General Assembly resolution 55/2) and rooted in the Charter of the United Nations, identifies the need for all countries to pool efforts and resources in achieving development, peace and security, and human rights for the collective well-being of all people. In the Declaration a pertinent pledge was made by signatories to spare no effort to free all people from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of poverty. Predictably so, 2015 has passed and Africa remains in the woes of the quests and strivings to achieve the Global Development Agenda......... Read more
Communique' presented at the End of the 2023 Annual Osun Osogbo Festival
IThe One-Day Annual Celebration of the Osun Osogbo Festival organized by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding on the occasion of the 2023 Osun Osogbo Festival, celebrated on August 11, 2023. The convener of the celebration on the platform of the centre was Professor Siyan Oyeweso, Professor of History and Executive Director of CBCIU. The program was held at the Ulli Beier Auditorium, a Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding. The annual celebration under this platform incorporates both academic discourses and cultural evidence that illustrates the essence of Osun Osogbo as a Yoruba cultural, religious, and global identity........ Read more
CBCIU CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF GERMANY IN THE UNITED NATIONS
On Monday, 18 September, 2023, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, organised an International Colloquium to celebrate fifty years of Germany's involvement in the United Nations. The Anniversary Remark was delivered by the Consul General, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Lagos, Weert Borner LL.M, while the Welcome Address was given by the Director of the Centre, Prof. Siyan Oyeweso. The event was heralded with several paper presentations ....... Read more
International Conference on Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilisation: The Nexus between Tradition and Modernity
Ile-Ife is the cradle of Yoruba civilisation. According to Yoruba traditions, Ile-Ife was founded by the eponymous ancestor of the Yoruba people, Oduduwa, who also became the first divine king of the Yoruba people. The name, Ile-Ife, literally means the place of dispersal. Its very existence suggested the peopling of the Yoruba world from this sacred site. We welcome proposals, panels, papers and poster presentations that will enhance scholarly conception and understanding of Ile-Ife as the cradle of the Yoruba race and as the cultural headquarters of the black people. Given the centrality of Ile-Ife in Yoruba history, worldview, philosophy, religion and state formation processes, this conference brings together the fragmented pieces of Ile-Ife's cultural, political, demographic, social, economic and intellectual history from a multiplicity of perspectives. This conference deserves widespread interest and attention. Indeed, from the time it came into existence until Yoruba civilisation crystallised, Ile-Ife has played significant roles in ensuring that the people's cultural values, ideals and philosophies have remained sacrosanct....... Read more
CBCIU Celebrates Chief Dr. (Mrs.) Nike Okundaye
On Tuesday, 23 May, 2023, Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding held a special forum to celebrate Renowned International Artist, Chief Mrs. Oyenike Monica Okundaye, founder of Nike Arts Gallery. The celebration, which was her 72nd birthday, also coincided with the 55th birthday anniversary of promoting and exhibiting Contemporary African Art. It was an assembly of eminent personalities including monarchs, traditionalists, academia, community leaders, stakeholders in art industry and students. The Chairman of the event, Aare (Dr.) Ifagbenusola Olalekan Atanda praised Chief Okundaye for putting Osun and Nigeria on the global map. He said, "She made herself somebody out of nobody, and she didn't allow that success to get into her mind and make her a pompous person. She uses her talent to uplift other people across the globe. "This is a woman who has been sent by Eledumare to set an example of how humans should be........ Read more
CBCIU Marks One Year Anniversary of Russia-Ukraine War 2023
n Thursday 23rd of February, 2023, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, marked one year anniversary of Russia-Ukraine War. The event themed; One Year Anniversary of Russia-Ukraine War: Matters Arising...... Read more
CBCIU Celebrates Annual Black History Month 2023
On Friday 17th of February, 2023, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, celebrated the annual Black History Month. The event themed...... Read more
CBCIU Holds the 2022 Osun Osogbo Commemoration Programme, Calls for Intervention against Osun Desecration
The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, on Thursday, August 25, 2022, held the 2022 Osun Osogbo Annual Commemoration Programme tagged: Osun Osogbo across the Atlantic: Towards Preservation and Sustainability of Nigeria's Intangible Cultural Heritage. The event was held at the Ulli Beier Hall of the Centre...... Read more
CBCIU at Paris, France
The representatives of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, are currently at the ninth session of the General Assembly of the States' Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is taking place at the UNESCO Headquarters (Paris, France)...... Read more
CBCIU Holds 2022 World Museum Day
The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, a UNESCO Category II Institute holds 2022 World Museum Day. The Theme of the Museum is The Power of Museums: Recover and Imagine. ...... Read more
CBCIU holds a Roundtable and a Day of Tributes in Memory of Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi III (1938-2022)
On Tuesday, 24th May, 2022, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo holds a Roundtable and a Day of Tributes for Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III who had joined his ancestors on April 22, 2022 at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti..... Read more
CBCIU holds National Workshop on Religion and National Security
A National Workshop on Religion and National Security: The Role of Islam, Christianity and African Traditiinal Religion in Fostering Peace, National Security and International Understanding, held on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the CBCIU re-engaged the role of the three major religions in Nigeria in fostering national and international peace and cooperation..... Read more
CBCIU Calls for the Return and Repatriation of Nigeria's Cultural Objects
In line with its mandate, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, a UNESCO Category II Institute based in Osogbo, Osun State has called for the Return and Repatriation of Nigeria's Cultural Objects.... Read more
CBCIU holds the Maiden Edition of 2022 Distinguished Lecture Series
As part of its activities ushering in the New Year, the Centre organised its first Distinguished Lecture Series entitled: Black Lives Matter: Interrogating Black Culture and Racism in Global Context..... Read more
CBCIU Marks Black History Month, 2022
In commemoration of the 2022 edition of the annual Black History Month,and as part of its Monthly Seminar Series, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, hosted guests to a lecture titled..... Read more
CBCIU BOARD OF TRUSTEES' CHAIRMAN BAGS CULTURAL AWARD AT WORLD HERITAGE DAY
The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola bagged an "Award of Excellence"... Read more
CBCIU STAGED 2018 PUBLIC LECTURE
The regeneration efforts began last year at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) in Osogbo, Osun State... Read morePAST EVENTS
Launching of Orisa Dances, Journal of CBCIU and Art Exhibition
With the recent achievements of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding in Presentation of Orisa Dances and Journal of CBCIU,which have encouraged us to organise these.... Read more
Religious Identity And Inter-Faith Relations In South-West Nigeria, Cbciu Osogbo
One of the cardinal objectives of CBCIU is to “give greater recognition to cultural diversity and to intellectual dialogue... Read more
Presentation of Orisa Dance of Yoruba Land
The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) is aware of the level of extinction of many aspects of our culture especially the traditional religion... Read more
Global Conference of Black Nationalties
In line with UNESCO's belief in and sponsorship of intellectual exchange and dialogue among... Read more
Conference on poetry and performance in the indigenous language
The Theme of the conference was: Poetry Performance in Nigeria. It was held 12th to 15th Dec... Read moreBoard of Trustees
Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola
Chairman, Board of Trustees...
H.E Dr. Hajo Sani
Member, Board of Trustees...
Prof. Peter Okebukola (OON)
Member, Board of Trustees...
Mrs. Lydia Jafiya
Member, Board of Trustees...
Chief Mrs. Nike Okundaye
Member, Board of Trustees...
Omooba Yemisi Shyllon
Member, Board of Trustees...
Prof Olutayo Adesina
Member, Board of Trustees...
Prof Aderemi Ajala
Member, Board of Trustees...
Prof. Siyan Oyeweso
Executive Director...Our Partners
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Parakou University, Republic of Benin
International African institute, University of London
Osun State University
Obafemi Awolowo University
Constituency for Africa
The African Union
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Nigeria is an inspiration for global art movement... June, 2020Our Mission, Goals & Strategies
Our Mission
To elevate Black culture by focusing on its recovery, preservation, promotion, and utilization of its enduring ways of being for the purposes of holistic development, appreciation, and international understanding.Our Goals
To retrieve, curate, and sustain historic cultural assets.
To foster cross-cultural and inter-generational engagement for global harmony.
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♦ Education and Research
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♦ Acquisition of adequate resources
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