Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Centre for Black and African Arts & Civilisation

    • Postal Address:

      P.M.B. 12794
      Lagos
      Nigeria

    • Location:

      National Theatre

    • Telephone:

      234-01-884231; 831773

    • Facsimile:

      234-01-5852173

    • E-mail:

      cbaac@cbaac.org

    • Director:

      Mrs. Gloria Chianu Chuma-Ibe

    • Year founded:

      1978

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Government records
      Manuscripts
      Maps
      Music
      Newspapers
      Photographs
      Posters
      Sound recordings

    • Holdings:

      Multi-faceted, ranging from museum artifacts and contemporary art; archival (colloguims of FESTAC '77, seminar papers, manuscripts); audio-visual (films, videos of FESTAC '77, Roots, music of Black and African artists - calypso, etc.); library (publications on culture and the arts) kept in trust for the 59 Black and African countries that participated in FESTAC '77. Current publications on Black Heritage by African intellectuals.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Users must be over 16 years of age.

    • Access restrictions:

      Open to the general public from age 16 and above, but there are restrictions on the reproduction of materials for financial gain.

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Guides
      Inventories

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: