Cultural Policy and Cultural Industries in Africa

From Culture as a Commodity to Culture as Praxis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Last Moyo

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This book argues for the reconstitution of the cultural in African cultural industries and societies. The book places hope for re-animating African agency and national cultural identities in the decolonization of cultural policy and cultural industries as consciousness industries.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-06-21
Mått148 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt533 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor300
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031577413

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Last Moyo is an Associate Professor in Media and Communications studies at XJTLU, Suzhou, China. He has lectured at several other universities in Africa, Europe, and Asia, including a stint at the University of Wales (UK) where he attained his PhD in Media Studies. He is published extensively in top, reputable, international peer-reviewed journals including Journalism Studies, Telematic and Informatics, International Communication Gazette, Journal of International Communication, among several others. His book The Decolonial Turn in Media Studies in Africa and the Global South (Palgrave, 2020) received outstanding reviews from top scholars in the United Kingdom, USA, Norway, and Africa.

1. Introduction.- 2. Cultural industries and cultural policy in postcolonial contexts.- 3. The post-Bandung state and African cultural freedoms: Cultural policy initiatives from 1957- 1994.- 4. The crisis of normativity in African cultures: Towards new higher order ethics for cultural industries.- 5. Modern empire and the end of cultural policy in Africa.- 6. Broadcasting and film industries in Africa: Re-animating African cultural agency.- 7. Advertising industries and anti-Black racism in South Africa.- 8. Cultural landscapes and ecological citizenship in postcolonial Africa.- 9. Conclusion: The future of African cultures in hyper-techno modernity.