Funder
UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)
The project is supported by the IFCD under grant 2022-10302, which fully funds the DYOA proficiency course for Yoruba oral artists.
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Collaborations
The funders, institutions and cultural organisations working with the UNESCO-IFCD-UNIOSUN Project in Nigeria and across the Yoruba diaspora.
Funding
Host institution
Osun State University (UNIOSUN)
The project is led from the College of Humanities & Culture, Osun State University, and hosts its events on UNIOSUN campuses.
Government & national partners
Government
Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor of Osun State on Education
A named partner of the UNESCO-IFCD-UNIOSUN Project in empowering young entrepreneurs through oral arts in Southwest Nigeria.
Government
Federal Government of Nigeria & UNESCO
UNIOSUN collaborates with the Federal Government and UNESCO on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (Osogbo, 29 June 2025).
Practitioners’ association
Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN)
Partners with the project to promote the socio-economic empowerment of Yoruba oral artists and preserve Yoruba culture. Co-investigator Prof. Oguntola Alamu chairs TAMPAN’s national Town & Gown Committee.
University partner
Tai Solarin Federal University of Education (TASFUED), Ijagun
Project delegation visits, including the Professor Oluyemisi Oluremi Obilade Centre for Entrepreneurship and Vocational Studies (CENVOS).
International partners
Cultural partner
Ifá Grenada Foundation, St. David’s, Grenada
Listed among the partners of the 2026 UNIOSUN Cultural Carnival, connecting the project with Yoruba heritage in the Caribbean.
Cultural partner
Candomblé Terreiros of Salvador, Bahia: Preserving Legacies Project
Listed among the partners of the 2026 UNIOSUN Cultural Carnival, linking the project with Afro-Brazilian Yoruba traditions.
Research partner
University of Münster: Africa Globally Connected Religious Plurality Project
Co-organised the international workshop on the role of social identities in inter-religious dialogue in Nigeria (University of Lagos, 25–28 February 2025).
Research partner
University of Birmingham: UOB-UNIOSUN-ERC Knowing Each Other Project
A collaboration with UNIOSUN on the same 2025 Lagos workshop, supported by the European Research Council.
Delivery partners
Training & reporting
Charis EdSolutions
Delivered and reported on the DYOA virtual training, and prepared the project’s Technical Report and Social Media Engagement Report.