CBAAC,Digit A Forge Digital Alliance To Promote African Art

    Mohammed Shosanya

The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) and Digit A, have explored digital alliance to promote African art.

Mr Oswald Osaretin Guobadia , the Managing Partner at Digit A, last Tuesday visited the CBAAC Head Office in Lagos where he was received by the Director -General, Hon. Aisha Adamu Augie.

According to a statement,the visit aimed to explore potential collaborative and partnership opportunities between the two organizations, particularly in promoting African arts, culture and the creative economy through the digitalization of CBAAC’s extensive collection of African Culture Artifacts, Artworks and historical materials from FESTAC ’77.

Both parties were enthusiastic about this intending partnership aiming to enhance the creative economy sector through access to information and cultural arts material just by a click on the internet,the statement said.

It added:”By combining CBAAC’s cultural expertise and Digit A’s technological capabilities, the two organizations are poised to effectively promote and preserve the rich diversity of African arts, culture and the creative economy through the use of computerized technology”

Earlier,the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, in collaboration with Beijing International Chinese College (BICC), organised a seminar for cultural officials from Belt and Road countries.

The statement explained that the aim of the seminar was to promote cultural exchange and cooperation among participating countries, along the Belt and Road initiatives.

The Director-General of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) Hon. Aisha Adamu Augie; Mr James Sule, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy; Haj. Zainab Ali Biu of the Federal Ministry of Arts Culture and Creative Economy and Cultural Officials from over 10 countries participated in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),attended the event.