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Performing Sustainability in West Africa: Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development

Performing Sustainability in West Africa: Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development

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Series: Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development

Business GeneralAfrican ArtGeneral Art

ISBN10: 1032198230
ISBN13: 9781032198231
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 29 2022
Pages: 218
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book discusses the role of cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines, including performance, video, theatre, community arts and cultural heritage.

Based on ethnographic field research in local communities, the book presents findings on current debates of cultural sustainability in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Benin. It provides a unique perspective connecting cultural studies, conflict studies and practical peacebuilding approaches through the arts. The first part pays particular attention to aspects of social cohesion and the circumstances of internally displaced persons e. g. caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria. The second part focuses on cultural policy issues and challenges in the context of sustainable development, investigating participatory approaches and bottom-up processes, the role of governments and civil society, as well as performing arts organizations and universities in policy making and implementation processes.

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