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Reggae Dancehall Artiste, Stonebwoy, has called on government to critically prioritise the creative arts sector.<\/p>\n
According to him, without the government creating a conducive atmosphere for creative industries to thrive, Ghana will not be able to realise its full potential on the global creative arts scene.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s creative arts sector, according to some players, has been in decline for a while.<\/p>\n
With government not investing much into its development, there are fears that the creative arts sector, particularly the movie industry will totally collapse.<\/p>\n
Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 PM Express, Stonebwoy, said the government must be intentional about developing the creative arts sector in order to reap of its benefits.<\/p>\n
Referring to Nigeria\u2019s creative arts boom, he said it took the deliberate investment by the Nigerian government into the arts sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce upon a time, the government of Nigeria took a decision and gradually turned things around. I think this can be verified by some of the top gurus of Ghana music. And so therefore I think we can replicate such and such.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s the creative arts side that exists, I think the President himself must be very interested. Because it is such that I know that there are so many things going on, but just to make a perfect example, that President at the time was specifically involved and called and said, \u2018how? Why? Listen, you come, how do we do this? Put that together, put this together and they started the revolution of turning the 419 that everybody was aware of or whatever into the afrobeat giant of today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Stonebwoy says the government must take steps to make the country\u2019s creative arts scene attractive to investors.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo these are the pointers, government has to be very very involved, our creative and arts structures have to really work, we have to invest, we have to make it encouraging for people to be able to invest in the movies, the music, the arts basically because they\u2019re moving hand in hand. The Nigerian movies are speeding; they\u2019re featuring in different heights so that is it. We need to pay critical attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cLike some older person drew my attention, when you take like a PNP the entertainment news is at the back. That tells you the priority that is placed on creative arts in this country. I don\u2019t think that we place priority on creative arts so well enough to be able to \u2018compete\u2019 on the global levels, because I don\u2019t see a competition, I only see representation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause once you\u2019re pushing well enough you will represent for yourself, nobody can deny your place when it comes to creative arts you just need to be seen and pushed.\u00a0 Because we have gurus who are of Ghanaian origin who reside abroad who can actually lend a hand when authorities want to.\u201d<\/p>\n
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