The Role of Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Nation Building: A Study of Lagos Eyo Festival
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Abstract Nigeria is made up of over 250 ethnic groups and has over 500 dialects validating
her rich cultural diversity and resources. Yet its cultural industry has not been properly
harnessed and as a result, Nigeria is fast losing her cultural heritage or history to cultural
colonization and westernization. Consequently, Nigeria faces the possibility of cultural
usurpation by cultures that are foreign to her cosmology. This research therefore examines
how Nigeria's cultural resources can be tapped into for nation building using the Eyo ...
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CB History of civilization, H Social Sciences (General), HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform