Heritage Has a History

Material Memory by Council on Library and Information Resources

Mar 31, 202127:51Society & Culture

Anthropologist Dr. Blessing Nonye Onyima discusses the effects of colonialism and climate change on Nigeria's cultural heritage, from the changing migration patterns of Fulani nomads to the looting of African antiquities...

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