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AREWA ASA 2018 PAGEANT TO DEBUT AT CBCIU

a pageantry aiming the repositioning and reviving the Yoruba cultural heritage and showcasing the charismatic potentials and beauty of the yoruba.

The Second Global Conference of Black Nationalties

Theme: Globalization and its effects: Charting a course for the true development of the Black race.

CONVENERS: United States affiliate of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding in collaboration with the Centre for Black Culture & International Understanding, Nigeria; in collaboration with institutions with similar objectives in Brazil.

Venue: SALVADOR de BAHIA; FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

Date: NOVEMBER 2016

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Global Conference of Black Nationalties

In line with UNESCO’s belief in and sponsorship of intellectual exchange and dialogue among cultures as the best prospects for peace, the 1st Global Conference of Black Nationalities is a clarion call for global peace and international understanding of the Black Race, through Culture and Heritage. Therefore, the conference was an invitation to the participants - black intelligentsia, non-black academics, as well as, the global vanguard of culture to “Come BACK HOME�? to re-examine the PAST, evaluate the PRESENT and strategically look into the FUTURE of a RICH HERITAGE - the Black Heritage.

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 2012 at CBCIU Conference Hall in Osogbo, Osun State.Karin Barber, the keynote speaker, stayed throughout the duration of the conference; so did notable Nigerian poets like Niyi Osundare, Femi Osofisan, Odia Ofeimun, Remi Raji and Lanrewaju Adepoju. Notable indigenous (folk) performers included a Hausa poet from Sokoto, Ifayemi Eleburuibon, Alabi Ogundepo, Jaigbade Alao (a dadakuada muisican) from Ilorin, Sango of Africa, Gbonka Ebiri and a troupe from Ghana. Paper presenters came from all over Nigeria.

Launch of CBCIU in the United States

It is to be noted that the Consultants from Recently in far away United States, the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, (CBCIU) operating under the auspices of UNESCO launched its arm in the United States in line with CBCIU’s mandate which encourages inter-religious and cultural dialogues, peace, international understanding as well as the promotion and preservation of the rich cultural heritage of the black race.

Stakeholders make case for Preservation of Heritage at CBCIU Lecture

Players in the culture sector underscore why Nigeria and Africa's heritage needs to be preserved at this year's Distinguished Lecture of the Centre for Black and Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU).The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, Osun State was sent agog, February 3 for its 2018 Distinguished Lecture. The event also used to mark the 67th birthday of the Centre?s Board of Trustees chairman, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, signposted another step in its ongoing revival.