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Alaafin Urges African Leaders: Document Our Heritage Now!

Oyo's Alaafin, Oba Akeem Owoade, demands African leaders establish national cultural registers. He insists museums must lead the critical effort to document our objects, monuments, and traditions before they vanish forever. This is a crucial call to safeguard Africa's rich heritage for future generations.

Tribune Online·July 4, 2026AI-curated

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has urged African leaders to establish national registers of cultural heritage, emphasizing that museums must spearhead the effort to document objects, monuments, and traditions before they are lost. According to a press release issued by his

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