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Contents
Production Team Editorial The Barbados Creative Economy Spotlight on Rihanna ! The Awon-Akyem Connection Profiling Creative Entrepreneurs Creative Industries Start Ups Copyright & Music 2 3 5 7 9 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 Dr. Keith Nurse - Director Jessica Jones - Research Consultant Alicia Nicholls - Research Consultant Stephanie Alleyne - Communications Consultant Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law Policy & Services CARICOM Research Building University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus St Michael, BARBADOS, BB11000 246.417.4805/246.471.4553 Email: [email protected] Website: www.shridathramphalcentre.org
www.creativeindustriesexchange.com
Barbados Museum & Historical Society Persaud’s Portrait Caribbean Export - Design Caribbean The EPA and Barbados‘ Cultural Economy Barbados Festivals and Cultural Directory
What is the Creative Industry Exchange? CIE is an outreach project of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law which was initially funded by the UNESCO, Kingston of?ce. The CIE is a web portal that provides a regional mechanism for the collection, collation, analysis and dissemination of data and information on the cultural/ creative industries. What are the aims and objectives of CIE? The principal objective of the CIE is to document the economic impact and contribution of the cultural/creative industries to the Caribbean. The CIE aims to facilitate a stronger national and regional framework for the strategic management of the cultural/ creative industries. The CIE aims to enhance the image and pro?le of the Caribbean cultural/creative industries sector in the regional and international context.
On the cover: The Sins of Daniel (1995) Ras Akyem Oil on Canvas Mervyn Awon Collection
Editorial
This second issue of Caribbean Creatives, sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scienti?c and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), puts the spotlight on the creative economy in Barbados. Barbados is the ?rst country pro?le to be done by Caribbean Creatives. The main objective is to capture some of the contemporary and salient features of the Barbadian creative economy and entrepreneurship. Undoubtedly, such an endeavour cannot but examine the Rihanna phenomenon. Professor Mike Alleyne, a son of the soil, kick-starts this issue with a searching and well-elaborated analysis of the impact of Rihanna on the music industry in Barbados and by extension the whole region. This is followed up with an assessment of Rihanna’s global impact “in numbers” by Nurse and Nicholls. Dr. Yanique Hume, through a critical assessment of the relationship between collector Mervyn Awon and artist Ras Akyem Ramsay, unmasks the art and business of patronage in the visual arts. The following section offers pro?les on creative entrepreneurs and ends with a synopsis of creative start-ups that have been shepherded by the Barbados Business Enterprise Corporation. The spotlight then shifts to institutions in the Barbados cultural economy. The ?rst is COSCAP, which is a rights-administration agency for the music industry, next is the Barbados Museum and Historical Society which is one of the longest running institutions on the island, and whose contribution continues to expand. The magazine then looks at visual artist Ingrid Persaud whose work spans multiple media. The importance of aesthetics and design is further ampli?ed by the feature on the strategic shift by the Caribbean Export Development Agency to rebrand and upgrade the Craft and Gift Fair to that of “Design Caribbean”. This piece is followed by an excerpt from a manual published by the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs on how Barbadian ?rms could gain market access under the Economic Partnership Agreement between CARIFORUM and the UK??\?X??X[??X]]?\???? Y\? ?][?[?[ \?\?? H?\?]?[X???^H[??\??Y??[???\??H\?[??? H?^H?\?]?[ ?[??[ \?[[? ?YK\?[]Y[??] ][???H [??[ H?? ?X?]??[??] ][??[? ????? ]?]?H?X?[?\? H ? \?\??YK??Z]?\??K ???[?[?]??X]]?H[? \? ?Y\?^?[??H\?X??? ?Y]?[\[?[? ?H??[?\??][?[ ?YH]??X?H[??\??X?\?????????X]]?Z[? \? ?Y\?^?[??K???CB???? [YH ??[?X\?H HX\?? ? LB??