END OF NAGEL PROJECT REPORT

A grant of $50,000 won from the Nagel Institute of Calvin University, USA to carry out a project entitled “Nollywood and Envagelical Films: Exploring Nigerian Cinema in relation to African Traditional Histories, Value and Spirituality” has been successfully completed.

The end of the project was celebrated in Abuja between April 8 and 11, 2024. Our researchers also published a book “Developing and Enriching Curriculum for the study of music, religion and theatre in Nigerian Universities” which marks the official end of the project.

A press conference will be held at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos in June 2024.

The J. P. Clark Centre, a structure adjacent to the Faculty of Arts,
University Of Lagos

Mon - Fri: 8.00AM to 4.00PM

iads@unilag.edu.ng
oeesuola@unilag.edu.ng

ABOUT IADS

On August 9, 2017 IADS UNILAG, was inaugurated, following a series of events attended by staff and students including invited guests and the media. The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Rahamon Bello accompanied by the University Management was on hand to unveil the IADS signpost at the J. P. Clark Centre.

This was followed by an inauguration lecture entitled “The Global Migration Crisis: Identity, Ethical and Economic Entailment”, which was delivered by Prof. Abolade Adeniji of the Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University.