Creative Economies in Africa – serie
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
833 kr
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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 increasingly celebrated for their potential, they continue to be constrained by precarious labour conditions, limited access to finance, weak infrastructure, and inadequate policy frameworks that often fail to reflect local realities.Drawing on interdisciplinary research, the book analyses Ghana’s creative policy infrastructure, assessing its capacity to support creative workers and entrepreneurs, and highlighting opportunities for more context-sensitive, home-grown approaches. It presents original empirical insights into creative labour and entrepreneurship across sectors including music, fashion, film, visual arts, crafts and theatre, illustrating how creative workers navigate uncertainty, sustain livelihoods, and develop business models in challenging institutional environments.Arising from the international research project Advancing Creative Industries for Development in Ghana, this edited volume will be of primary interest to academics and university students studying creative industries and cultural economies in a global context.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
797 kr
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The edited collection, African Urban Creativity: Exploring Creative Economies Within and Beyond the Cities, seeks to contribute to understanding creative economies in Africa, specifically the urban dynamics of creativity and the urbanisation of the creative economy. In doing so, it also acknowledges the role of the periphery and rural settings within their inputs and dialogic relation to the city.The book contains six original contributions from academic researchers and creative practitioners, bringing together a range of disciplinary perspectives and presenting case studies from across the continent (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa). The book is structured in two parts. Part 1 explores different dynamics of urban culture, identities and local development opportunities. Part 2 focuses on the complex dialogue between cities and their peripheries or rural settings. The editors’ conclusions reflect key themes of leadership, social and cultural development and urban-rural connectivity, and present implications of policy and practice.This text provides readers with empirical insights from Africa that can lead to more research, debate and policy engagement on the sustainable development of creative economies in Africa. This edited collection launches the new book series Routledge Focus on Creative Economies in Africa.