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Monday 09:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 Friday 09:00 - 17:00 Saturday 09:00 - 17:00

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Asele Institute is the brainchild of master artist and scholar Professor Uche Okeke. World-renowned for its rich archives on contemporary and modern art.

15/05/2023

He wanders through the village

with a sketchbook in his hand,

capturing the light and shadow,

the rhythm of the land.

He sees the beauty in the everyday,

the wonder in the plain,

and with his pen and ink and paint,

he brings it to the world again.

He is the artist of the people,

the voice of the land,

and with his vision and his skill,

he makes our spirits grand.

a poem by Uche Okeke

Address

1 Asele Crescent
Nimo

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00
Saturday	09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+2348037865889

Website

https://aseleinstituteltd.org/

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ASELE INSTITUTE IN BRIEF...

Asele Institute is the brainchild of master artist and scholar Professor Uche Okeke. The Institute began its lifecycle as a cultural centre in the Northern Nigerian town of Kafanchan in 1958. It was later moved to Enugu in Eastern Nigeria and then to its final location in Uche Okeke’s hometown of Nimo in the early 70s. The purview of the Institute expanded, and its core objectives outlined these included,

a) Promoting the arts.

b) Promoting aesthetic social discourse.

c) Promoting the culture of Nigeria and Africa with an emphasis on Igbo and Igboid cultures, arts and oral/literary traditions.

d) Promoting the documentation of research through publications - Asele Institute is currently a recognized publisher with a number of internationally launched publications.

2. Asele Institute has thousands of research Theses from first degree to PhD level covering a vast area of Nigerian scholarly thought from the arts and related areas to linguistics, archeology, sociology, engineering, the sciences etc from the unique Nigerian perspective.

3. AI is currently being re-engineered after the passing of its muse Professor Uche Okeke to be even more effective at using technology and global linkages to achieving it's mission. AI has embraced technology in encouraging innovative ways of supporting and propagating our rapidly evolving African culture.

In Uche Okeke’s words;

“For me, the location of the Asele Institute in Nimo is significant in many ways. It is, first and foremost, my contribution towards the further intellectual development of my hometown and place of birth. The Institute’s buildings and grounds were designed to serve as a landmark and important tourist attraction. The philosophy of the Institute is deeply rooted in the concept of creative development that seeks to utilise traditional and modern techniques of production in order to effect a changed social and cultural environment.”