Author: Abraham, Arthur

Publication Year: 1978

Media Type: Report

Summary:

This article is part of a series published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to show how cultural policies are planned and implemented in various UNESCO member states. The author explore Cultural Policy in Sierra Leone.

Abstract:

The author describes cultural policy in Sierra Leone, with particular attention to the sociocultural and historical development, present organization, and future need and priorities.

CONTENTS

• Introduction: problems and needs.
• Historical and cultural background.
• Sociocultural organization.
• Existing organization and financing.
• Voluntary agencies of cultural transmission.
• Preservation of the cultural heritage.
• Culture and national development.
• Conclusion.
• Bibliography.
• Appendices:
  • 1. Sierra Leone's ancient monuments and relics: their history and location.
  • 2. Organizational charts.

This article is part of a series published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to show how cultural policies are planned and implemented in various UNESCO member states. As cultures differ, so does the approach to them; it is for each Member State to determine its cultural policy and methods according to its own conception of culture, its socio-economic system, political ideology and technological development. However, the methods of cultural policy (like those of general development policy) have certain common problems; these are largely institutional, administrative and financial in nature, and the need has increasingly been stressed for exchanging experiences and information about them. This series, each issue of which follows as far as possible a similar pattern so as to make comparison easier, is mainly concerned with these technical aspects of cultural policy.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: International, Cultural Planning