LES BALAFONS DU CAMEROUN : APPROCHE D'UNE INDUSTRIE CULTURELLE

Lead applicant: Association Cultura
Partners: Ba Banga Nyeck
Implementation: Cameroon and Ivory Coast
Project code: 03-015

“Les balafons du Cameroun: approuche d’une industrie culturelle” (The xylophones of Cameroun: an approach to a cultural industry) is a project focused on the cultural and creative industries, with the aim of raising awareness about the need to protect and preserve the national cultural heritage, as well as manufacturing, training, promoting, and commercializing the xylophone in all its diversity. The process involves taking an inventory of the different types of balafons in Cameroon and connecting manufactures with the end users of the instrument. The project also includes training and dissemination activities such as regional xylophone competition or a festival.

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