IACIU
Institute for African Culture and International Understanding.
(A UNESCO Category 2 Institute)
Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Professor Mabogunje attended the University College Ibadan, the University College London. He taught at the University College of Ibadan, and was a visiting Professor to the North Western University
Prof. of Science education, he was the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission since 2002. He studied at University of Ibadan, Oyo State and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. He served as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University and as Director, Centre for Environment and Science Education, Lagos State University
Prof. Akin L. Mabogunje
Chairman
Formal President of the Federal of Nigeria. He served as President of Nigeria from May 1999 to May 2007. It was the culmination of a life spent on the front line of African politics. In 2008 he was appointed by the United Nations as a special envoy for Africa and has since overseen democratic elections on behalf of the African Union and Ecowas in countries across the continent.
Prof. Peter Okebukola
Director
Experts
Our Team
1. Omotayo O. Ikotun
Visiting Administrative Fellow
2. Vitalis Ortese
National Senior Programmes Officer
3. Olaniyi Oladiran
Accountant.
4. Damian A. Oyibo
National Programmes Officer
5. Ibukun Olagbemiro
Assitant Programmes Officer
6. Bayo Akintayo Peter
Senior Account Assistant
7. Babatunde Sobola
National Information Technology Technical Officer
8. Adebayo Femi Jenrola
Asst. Programmes Officer, Cultural Mappling
IACIU Secretariat
About the Institute
The Institute for African Culture and International Understanding, a UNESCO Category 2 Institute of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State was approved by the Executive of UNESCO in October 2008 and formally commissioned at its OOPL site on January 9, 2009 by Koichiro Matsuura, the immediate-past Director General of UNESCO. The Governing Board of the Centre chaired by HE Dr. Christopher Kolade, was inaugurated on March 4, 2009.
Vision
Increase inter-cultural dialogue and international understanding between Africa and other civilisations.
Mission
The mission of the institute is to preserve Africa’s cultural heritage, promote and strengthen renaissance in African cultures both at the regional and international levels
Aims and Objective of IACIU
The Institute will pursue the following aims and objectives:
1. To give greater recognition to cultural diversity and to intercultural dialogue including its interreligious component in order to reinforce social cohesion in Nigeria’s pluralistic society and beyond;
2. To promote reciprocal knowledge, understanding, appreciation and respect in the region and beyond through a systematic networking with
oher national, regional and international institutions;
3. Raising awareness among stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels about the important role played by cultural diversity and its
corollary, intercultural dialogue, for social cohesion in pluralistic societies;
4. Facilitating the network of sister institutions working in these fields and inducing relevant academic and scientific studies;
5. Providing a platform of genuine cooperation for specialists in African culture;
6. Providing capacity-building through the promotion of knowledge-sharing about spiritual and other religious traditions and their underlying values in
order to strengthen harmonious coexistence; and
7. Highlighting the values of diversity and dialogue by studying tangible and intangible heritage as well as contemporary cultural expressions in the African
region and the diaspora (through inventories and catalogues, including in digitised form, disseminating and exhibiting collections and other relevant
materials).
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
OOPL Chief Promoter
1. Dr. Ayo Tella
2. Prof. Isaac Albert
3. Chief Mojisola Ladipo
4. Prof. Ogunmoyela
