1st Edition

Cultural and Creative Industries in Ghana Policy, Labour and Entrepreneurship

166 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

This book examines the rapid growth and rising global visibility of Africa’s cultural and creative industries (CCIs) and how they are reshaping debates on economic and cultural development across the continent. Focusing on Ghana, the book explores how the development of CCIs is shaped through the interplay of creative policy, labour conditions, and entrepreneurial practices. While CCIs are... Read more

1. Introduction: Researching cultural and creative industries in Ghana 2. Culture and creative industry polices: Enhancing regulatory frameworks for sustainable growth across Ghana’s creative economy 3. Creative labour in Ghana: Sectoral, relational and spatial variations in the precarious lives of creative artists 4. Modelling indigenous weaving practices as creative entrepreneurial business activity 5. Trending in the music industry: The evolving dynamics of Ghana’s music streaming landscape 6. ‘We wear masks’: Creative entrepreneurs in Ghana’s fashion industry 7. Navigating distribution as women producers in Kumasi’s film industry 8. From the periphery into the global spotlight: Ghanaian visual artists and the globalisation of contemporary African art 9. Artistic research workshops: Reflections on an innovative method for studying creative work