Higher Education and Policy for Creative Economies in Africa: Developing Creative Economies

187 Pages·2020·7.092 MB·English

by  Roberta Comunian, Brian J. Hracs, Lauren England

Higher Education and Policy for
Creative Economies in Africa
The book reflects on the role of the creative economies in a range of
African countries (namely Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and
Uganda). Chapters explore how creative economies emerge and can be
supported in African countries.
The contributors focus on two key dimensions: the role of higher
education and the role of policy. Firstly, they consider the role of higher
education and alternative forms of specialised education to reflect on
how the creative aspirations of students (and future creative workers) of
these countries are met and developed. Secondly, they explore the role of
policy in supporting the agendas of the creative economy, taking also into
consideration the potential historical dimension of policy interventions
and the impact of a lack of policy frameworks. The book concludes by
reflecting on how these two pillars of creative economy development,
which are usually taken for granted in studying creative economies in the
Global North, need to be understood with their own specificity in the
context of our selected case studies in Africa.
This book will be of interest to students, scholars and professionals
researching the creative economies in Africa across the humanities and
social sciences.
Roberta Comunian is Reader in Creative Economy at the Department
for Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London,
UK.
Brian J. Hracs is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at the
University of Southampton, UK.
Lauren England is Baxter Fellow in Creative Economies at Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee, UK.
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Economies in Africa
Developing Creative Economies
Edited by
Roberta Comunian, Brian J. Hracs
and Lauren England
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Names: Comunian, Roberta, editor. | Hracs, Brian J., editor. |

England, Lauren, editor.

Title: Higher education and policy for creative economies in Africa:

developing creative economies/edited by Roberta Comunian,

Brian J. Hracs and Lauren England.

Other titles: Routledge contemporary Africa series.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. |

Series: Routledge contemporary Africa | Includes bibliographical

references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2020036983 (print) |

LCCN 2020036984 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367481957 (hardback) |

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Subjects: LCSH: Cultural industries–Africa. | Cultural industries–

Government policy–Africa. | Arts–Study and teaching (Higher)–Africa.

| Economic development–Effect of education on–Africa.

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We would like to dedicate this book to all the research
participants, creative practitioners and academic colleagues we
have met during our fieldwork in Kenya, Nigeria and South
Africa, as without their support and engagement this book
would not have become a reality.
RC, BJH and LE

Contents

Lists of figures ix

List of tables xi

List of contributors xii

Foreword xvi

Acknowledgements xviii

List of abbreviations and acronyms xx

1 Introduction 1

ROBERTA COMUNIAN, BRIAN J. HRACS AND LAUREN ENGLAND
PART 1

Higher education and creative economies development 9

2 Creative higher education in Nigeria and the case of

University of Lagos 11

VINCENT OBIA, LAUREN ENGLAND, ROBERTA COMUNIAN AND DURO ONI
3 Collaborations for creative arts higher education

delivery in Ghana: A case of the University of Cape Coast 28

MADINATU BELLO
4 Fashion designers and education in Nairobi: Challenges

and opportunities 44

LAUREN ENGLAND, OGAKE MOSOMI, ROBERTA COMUNIAN
AND BRIAN J. HRACS
viii Contents
5 Uganda film and television: Creative skills development
and skills gap for the sector 60
ROBERTA COMUNIAN AND GERSHOM KIMERA
PART 2
The role of policy for creative economies 79
6 Importance of arts and culture in community
development in Nigeria: The place of the Councils for
Arts and Culture 81
DURO ONI, CORNELIUS ONYEKABA AND SHAIBU HUSSEINI
7 The historical evolution of the cultural and creative
economy in Mahikeng, South Africa: Implications for
contemporary policy 97
JAMES DRUMMOND AND FIONA DRUMMOND
8 Finance for creative and cultural industries
in Africa 113
YEMISI MOKUOLU, VICTORIA KAY AND CLAUDIA MARÍA
VELILLA-ZULOAGA
9 Developing the handicraft sector in South Africa:
The role of policy 131
OLUWAYEMISI ADEBOLA ABISUGA-OYEKUNLE,
LAUREN ENGLAND AND ROBERTA COMUNIAN
10 Conclusions 150
ROBERTA COMUNIAN, BRIAN J. HRACS AND LAUREN ENGLAND
Index 157
Figures

2.1 The Lagoon Gallery, interior and exterior views
(photos: R Comunian) 21
2.2 University of Lagos Entrepreneurship and Skill
Development Centre (photos: R Comunian) 23
4.1 Map of Kenyan institutions offering fashion-related
courses (data from author’s mapping and Nguku, 2012) 50
4.2 Participants taking part in focus groups discussion in
Nairobi on 10th September 2019 (photo: BJ Hracs) 52
5.1 Filmmaker Moses Ssozi of MN Films Africa discussing
with members of his crew (photo: G Kimera) 66
5.2 Filmmaker Abbey Mugerwa of Storyline Pictures during
filming activities (photo: G Kimera) 66
6.1 Overview of the Federal Ministry of Information and
Culture: departments; information agencies and other
culture and tourism bodies 85
6.2 Map of Nigeria and its states according to the date in
which they established their State Councils for Arts
and Culture. Darker, the first phase (1972–1977) and
in lighter colours, the second phase (1987–1996). Two
states (Edo* and Adamawa*) are marked according to
the date of establishment of their original SCAC, when
they were part of larger states (respectively, Bendel and
Gongola) 86
6.3 Overview of NCAC activities 89
7.1 Mahikeng location and the North-West province 100
7.2 Damages to Mmabana following the 2018 protests
(photos: JH Drummond, 2018) 109