African Design Magazine September 2015 | Page 80

Book Review BOOK South African Handbook on Arts and Culture The South African Handbook on Arts and Culture is an indispensable information source for contemporary arts and culture practitioners – and is published this month. Based on previous editions of the Handbook produced in 1998 and 2002, the 2015/16 publication is published by the African Arts Institute (AFAI), with the National Arts Council of South Africa as the primary partner. The handbook which includes chapters on National, provincial and local government departments that are responsible for arts and culture; National, provincial and local public sector funding agencies; Private sector sponsors of the arts; International agencies engaged in the local arts and culture sector; Local festivals and events in each discipline; Media outlets (print, electronic and web-based); Institutions engaged in education and training in arts and culture; Competitions and awards in each discipline; African countries and details of their UNESCO Commissions to establish contact with their arts and culture stakeholders; names and contact details of key professional bodies and networks, specialist agencies and sources of information in Arts management and creative industries; Cultural Policy; Cultural Tourism; Craft; Dance; Design, Fashion; Film; Heritage, Literature; Music; Theatre and Visual Art, as well as a chapter on miscellaneous information like the contact details of political parties, constitutional bodies such as the Public Protector, business organisations, etc. Comprising more than 500 pages, the aim of the Handbook is to provide users with sufficient information to act in their respective interests in an informed manner, or to be guided as to where the information they are looking for, may be found. AD PUBLISHER: African Arts Institute PAGES: Over 500 CLICK HERE TO ORDER 80 africandesignmagazine.com