Music

Nashville in Africa

Author: Alec van Gelder

Publication date:

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Nashville, Tennessee, was once a struggling city in one of the poorest regions of the United States. It found success from its creative industries: they can be unleashed in Africa too.

Music, money and growth

IPN Opinion article

Author: Mark Schultz

African music is loved all over the world but African musicians live in poverty: the few stars record and publish abroad. These authors explain how Africans can develop that talent into commercial success as the impoverished city of Nashville did in the 1920s, becoming a musical and economic dynamo.

Nashville in Africa

What lessons does Nashville have for Africa's creative industries?