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.
Performing Sustainability in West Africa presents research results and
new methods on the role of artistic and cultural practices in conflict
situations as well as current debates in cultural policy for
researchers, academics, NGOs and students in cultural studies,
sustainable development studies and African studies.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http:
//www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003261025, has been made available
under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0
license.
