Breathing New Life to Museums in Africa: a Call to Safeguarding African’s Cultural Legacies
Africa has only 900 museums, with Nigeria contributing just 52 national museums, 44 state owned museums and 100 private owned museums. In stark contrast, the United States boasts 35,000 museums, and Europe is 15,000.
Across the world, African cultural artefacts, paintings, sculpture, and cultural expressions adorn the guilded cages and box glasses of museums.
The preservation of African arts, museums, and culture is a matter of utmost importance. Our cultural heritage is the fabric that binds us together as a continent, and it is our responsibility to ensure its survival for future generations.
In this special feature by the E-in-C, Ejiro Umukoro and correspondent Collins Odigie Ojiehanor, an initiative by LightRay! Media, we identify and address the gaps, threats, and solutions for the preservation and significance of African museums with some of the best minds in the arts and culture landcaspe.