Changing tune in Woodstock
Creative industries and local urban development in Cape Town, South Africa
Africa
African literary prizes are contested — but writers’ groups are reshaping them
Africa’s biggest prizes are awarded by foreign territories
What lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history
The story of the Blue Notes is inextricable from apartheid’s exiling of the musical imagination
It’s wrong to cut and paste Global North policies onto Africa’s music industries
People make, distribute, and consume music differently in Liberia
Digital technologies are transforming African businesses, but obstacles remain
More than three-quarters of the population remains offline
Festivals can transform cities by making space for overlooked people and cultures
Beyond economic or environmental benefits
How Masekela’s journeys in exile shaped his music and politics
Masekela’s 30 years of exile began shortly after the Sharpeville Massacre
How artistic expression is being stifled in East Africa
Governments in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are attempting to muzzle the voices of everyone in the expressive space
South Africa should turn to ‘creative clusters’ to boost the arts
The Department of Arts & Culture is currently reviewing its arts, culture and heritage policy
Creative industries in Central Johannesburg: entrepreneurs, organisation and locational choice
Accessibility, diversity, affordability and trendiness