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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: Development as a process of actualising the possibilities existing in a particular country is a concept that is holistic in nature. This actually makes it the desire of any nation. To achieve this, various attempts have been made by Nigerians towards development of the country. However, various existing literature on African development have revealed that majority of the African scholars and researchers who are working towards the development of Africa mainly concentrated on the foreign methods and solutions without paying significant attention to the African cultural heritage; which is the major home-grown tool for capacity building in the continent. Failure of those applications to achieve the desired goals made development and capacity building in Nigeria to be a mirage. This paper therefore aims at discovering some existing cultural heritage in Nigeria and see how they can be of veritable tools towards capacity building and development. It also aims at re-awakening the African (Nigerian) consciousness to explore their God–given heritage to achieve development goals encapsulated in the minds of the past African heroes. Lastly, to interrogate the areas in which culture can contribute to the development strategy in the country. The paper employs primary and secondary sources of data collection and adopts historical and phenomenological approaches to analyse them. Findings reveal that development in a country cannot occur in vacuum, it has to emerge within the existing culture of the land. Also, culture has a major role to play especially in contemporary Nigerian society where various violent conflicts are associated with identity. This paper concludes that, African culture should not be put aside because of modernity as culture has its own unique roles to play in the development scheme of the country. It therefore recommends that guardians of culture and traditions in African states should be involved in the development planning and be appointed as members of government cabinets so that they can contribute meaningfully towards capacity building and sustainable development in the country.ge; Tool |
| Keywords: Capacity building; Culture; Development; Heritage; Tool |
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