SEVEN years of IBB vol. 4:
Date
1993
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Lagos State: The Daily Times of Nigeria PLC.
Abstract
Cultural heritage and national self-reliance; Nigeria's religious and cultural destiny; National communication policy: the Babangida era; Literary and performing arts; Visual arts and film; IBB and the media; Book publishing under IBB.
Description
This volume attempts a broad survey of developments in the arts and culture during the seven years under review. These developments are examined in the context of institutional and policy changes that were made to facilitate the implementation of various programmes introduced as part of economic and political reforms. These reforms were formulated with the central objective of stimulating a more creative approach to national development. The economic ones sought to enhance the drive for self-reliance through more private initiatives and disengagement of the state from certain areas of economic activity. The political reforms were aimed at encouraging the emergence of a new value system capable of sustaining a durable democratic order envisaged for the Third Republic. These endeavors had profound implications for Nigeria's cultural life.