THE COMPONENTS OF THE CENTRE

The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization, consists of seven divisions made up of four professional divisions: Archives, Library, Audio-visual, Museum and three others viz Finance, Administration, Research and Publication and Board Secretariat.

ARCHIVES DIVISION

This Division primarily enhances the advancement of knowledge. In fulfillment of this significant purpose therefore, the Archives Division acquires documents, utilizes and also preserve unique and rare archival materials for research workers.

Such archival collections include all Festac '77 documents available in the International Secretariat and National Secretariat of Festac, portraits, the Arabic Qur'an, Colloquium papers and microfilms, tapes that are studies of academic nature, proceedings of the meetings of the International Festival Committee (IFC), Seminar papers, literature papers some of which have been useful in editing series of publications and Cultural Policy Series of UN ESCO.

LIBRARY DIVISION

The bulk of the collection made up of the publications that were retrieved from Festac '77. The Library is divided into two units:- the readers Service Unit cater for the client by preparing bibliographies, answering questions and providing materials for consultation while the Technical Services Unit documents the library materials. It is purely a reference Library and used mainly by researchers and members of the public above the ages of 16.

AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION

This division is charged with the acquisition, preservation, documentation and utilization of the Audio-visual materials. Prominent among its collection are films on the Installation of traditional Rulers in Nigerian, Tourism in Nigeria, Festac '77 Video cassettes, (VCD and DVDs) Audio tapes, etc.

A recent and interesting addition is the work of renowned scholar of Music, Prof Akin Euba, throwing some light on the origin of Yoruba Traditional Music and the Instrument used in achieving the desired goal.

MUSEUM DIVISION

It is the function of the division to preserve the arts and crafts of the Centre. The nucleus of this collection were the materials inherited' from the second World Black and Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Festac '77. These were gradually augmented with donations from World Organizations and countries like The UNESCO, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Cuba, USA, Caribbean, Australia etc.

Consequently, a permanent exhibition of works from some of these countries into a "House" forms part of this superlative collection of international significance.

Furthermore, there is a permanent display of an expensive archeological discovery on Africa and the Origin of Man assembled in Kenya which provides evidence that Africa is the cradle of man.