AFRICAN FUNDS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE FEASABILITY STUDY
Its priority has been to attempt to conceptualize possible models for the proposed African Fund for Arts and Culture informed by a broad contextual analysis of the field.
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HOW FREE IS FREE? REFLECTIONS ON FREEDOM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION IN AFRICA
Download English Version Download French VersionTwenty-five Authors, Fourteen Countries in One Original Compilation
The e-book was produced as part of the Artwatch Africa project that aims to defend freedom of creative expression on the continent, and who better than the artists themselves to share their creative environment, their questions and their experiences.
How Free is Free? Reflections on Freedom of Creative Expression in Africa is above all a meditation on the artistic health of the continent, as lived and examined from twenty-five diverse, artistic viewpoints. This publication is a first for Arterial Network and it will be used as a tool to promote advocacy for freedom of expression and creative arts in Africa.
The Authors
Aisha Dème (Senegal)
Albie Sachs (South Africa)
Ayoko Mensah (Togo/ France)
Azad Essa (South Africa)
Boubacar Boris Diop (Senegal)
Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe)
Edgar Sekloka (Cameroon/ France)
Elana Bregin (South Africa)
Ellen BandaAaku (Zambia)
Gaël Faye (Rwanda/ France)
Hamadou Mande (Burkina Faso)
Jane Duncan (South Africa)
Jesmael Mataga (Zimbabwe)
Koleka Putuma (South Africa)
Lauren Beukes (South Africa)
Michèle Rakotoson (Madagascar)
Dr. Mohamed Abusabib (Sudan)
Prof. Patrick J Ebewo (South Africa)
Phiona Okumu (Uganda/ UK)
Raimi Gbadamosi (Nigeria/ UK)
Saad Elkersh (Egypt)
Sade Adeniran (Nigeria)
Sami Tchak (Togo)
Sylvia Vollenhoven (South Africa)
Yewande Omotoso (Barbados/ Nigeria)
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AFRICAN DECENTRALISATION
In 2011, Arterial Network, in partnership with Africalia and the African Arts Institute, issued out a call for projects relating to the decentralisation of the arts on the African continent. The purpose of decentralising the arts is two-fold: firstly to build new audiences –or market- forthe arts; and secondly, to assert the right of all, as per Article 27 of the Universal Declarationof Human Rights, to participate freely in the cultural life of the community and to enjoy the arts. Dece...
African Perspectives | Contemporary Arts and Culture Discourse
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