His department can enhance the country’s soft power and create jobs - but he’ll have to turn its reputation around and run its operations better.
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South Africa’s National Arts Festival’s economic impact on its host city, Makhanda, is estimated to be US$4.5 million a year. But it also makes an impact on a social and an artistic level.
The pandemic has not only negatively impacted the creative sector in Africa, but it has also exposed its shortcomings.
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Associate Professor, University of Kinshasa
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Professor of Economics and Researcher at the South African Cultural Observatory, Rhodes University
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Lecturer in Cultural Policy and Management, School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer and Head of Cultural Policy and Management, School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
