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ACCRA wants to be Africa’s Cultural Capital
The African Cultural Capital Project emerged from a Franco/German workshop titled Accra on the Way to becoming a Cultural City. Out of this workshop, a movement grew whose objective is to turn Accra into a Cultural Capital and for it to become part of the African and international creative city networks. Accra Culture and Arts Network (ACCRACAN), the registered company that is leading this venture was created at the Franco/German workshop.
In Accra from 11 – to 15 March 2010 the ACCRACAN Forum was convened to discuss the following agenda items:
• A Cultural Capital, the Cultural Capital or Creative City
• Setting Criteria for an African Cultural Capital
• The need for a Cultural Policy or cultural agenda for the cities
• The need for a map of the city based on the cities cultural, heritage and artistic assets
• Government investment in appropriate infrastructure
• The need for appropriate transport system
• Development of art forms that reflect the people and their culture
• A development plan that will be implemented during the Cultural Capital year
• Launching the competition for an African Cultural Capital within 5 years
Web site http://www.goethe.de/ins/gh/acc/en5567514v.htm
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