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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln 12-1-2011 Globalization of Cultural Heritage: Issues, Impacts, and Inevitable Challenges for Nigeria Mercy U. Nwegbu Cyril C. Eze Brendan E. Asogwa Follow this and additional works at : /libphilprac Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Nwegbu, Mercy U.; Eze, Cyril C.; and Asogwa, Brendan E., Glo alization of Cultural Heritage: Issues, Impacts, and Inevita le Challenges for Nigeria (2011). Library Ph ilosop hy a nd Practice (e-journal). Paper 674. /libphilprac/674 /LPP/ Library Philosophy and Practice 2011 ISSN 1522-0222 Globalization of Cultural Heritage: Issues, Impacts, and Inevitable Challenges for Nigeria Mercy U. Nwegbu Cyril C. Eze Brendan E. Asogwa Introduction Culture is the totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects and behaviour. It includes the ideas, value, customs and artefacts of a group of people (Schaefer, 2002). Culture is a pattern of human activities and the symbols that give these activities significance. It is what people eat, how they dress, beliefs they hold and activities they engage in. It is the totality of the way of life evolved by a people in their attempts to meet the challenges of living in their environment, which gives order and meaning to their social, political, economic, aesthetic and religious norms and modes of organisation thus distinguishing people from their neighbours. In Federal Republic of Nigeria (1988), culture comprises material, institutional, philosophical and creative aspects. The process of expanding culture has been under way for many centuries, but technologies have increased the speed and have also broadened the distribution of cultural elements beyond communities and nations’ territorial frontiers. However, culture can be trans