By Taiye Olayemi
The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) has called on Africans to ensure the exploration of the continent’s arts and cultural potential for improved economic growth.
The CBAAC’s Director-General, Chief Oluwabunmi Amao, made the call during the centre’s annual international conference , with theme, “Arts, Culture and the Development of African Creative Economy,” held on Thursday in Lagos.
Amao said that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Document recognises arts, culture and creative economy as one of the major areas that could foster rapid economic development for any nation desirous of eradicating poverty.
She said that with the consciousness that Africa had large arrays of unexplored rich cultural resources which were under-utilised, the continent must take conscious efforts to further explore the potential in the sector.
He said that the creative economy was one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the global…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
