1st Edition

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

236 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Preface by Raimund Vogels and Florian Carl

1. Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Research Culture in Conflict Situations in West Africa

Meike Lettau, Sacha Kagan, Christopher Mtaku, Eric Otchere

PART 1: Cultural Practices and Sustainable Development

2. Performing Healing, Sustaining Culture: Experiences of Managing Collective Trauma Amongst Displaced Persons in the Daudu Community, Nigeria

Shadrach Teryila Ukuma

3. Visual Representations as a Tool for Peace Education and Peace Promotion Towards Sustainable Development: A Case of Dalori Camp, Maiduguri Borno State, Nigeria

Naomi Andrew Haruna

4. Community Participation and Cultural Sustainability in Nkwen and Bamendankwe, Cameroon: A ‘Video for Development’ Approach

Susan B. Tanwie

5. Gender Equity and Sustainable Development: A ‘Film for Development’ Approach among the Kom of Northwest Cameroon

Alasambom Nyingchuo

6. Designing with Waste: A New Paradigm for Set Design in Theatre Productions in Ghana

Mawukplorm Harriet Abla Adjahoe

7. The Effects of Displacement on Kanuri Cultural Practices of Internally Displaced Persons of Borno State, Nigeria

Zainab Musa Shallangwa

PART 2: Cultural Policy and Sustainable Development

8. Cultural Policy Evaluation Towards a Sustainable Arts and Cultural Sector in Ghana

Amos Darkwa Asare

9. Connecting Knowledge and Practice for Sustainable Development: A Case of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana

Madinatu Bello

10. Inputs Towards a Coherent Cultural Policy in Benin Based on an Analysis of Historical Developments

Espéra G. Donouvossi

11. Repatriation and Recirculation: A Case for Sustainable Practice in Administering Nigerian Antiquities

Abba Isa Tijani

Biography

Meike Lettau holds a Junior Professorship in Cultural and Media Policy Studies at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany. Previously, she was academic associate at the Department of Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, and coordinator of the Graduate School ‘Performing Sustainability: Cultures and Development in West Africa’ which is implemented in cooperation with the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Christopher Yusufu Mtaku has been employed at the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, since 1989, and is currently an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Fine Arts.

Eric Debrah Otchere teaches at, and is the Chair of the Department of Music and Dance, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.