ART WATCH AFRICA MONITORING FREEDOM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION ARTERIAL NETWORK REPORT 2013 ART WATCH AFRICA MONITORING FREEDOM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION ARTERIAL NETWORK REPORT 2013 RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY ARTERIAL NETWORK Compiled by Nadia Nkwaya Research Supervisor: Carole Karemera Research coordinators: Dounia Benslimane, Telesphore Mba Bizo, Joshua Nyampimbi Project Manager: Espera Donouvossi Country Researchers: Houda Hamdi (Algeria) - Gandonou Medard (Benin)- Bicaba Paul Ismael (Burkina Faso) -Buyehere Parfait, Teddy Mazina, Christian Mbanza (Burundi)- Ngwana Christian Fozo (Cameroon) -Mabiala Pierre Claver (Congo)- Abdramane Kamate (Cote d’Ivoire)- Theodore Nganzi (DRC)- Amira Samy (Egypt, Libya, Eritrea)- Andnet Dagnew Bezie (Ethiopia)- John Owo(Ghana) -Maggie Ottieno, Nancy Onyango (Kenya) -Clifton Kawanga (Malawi)- Mamadou Sangare (Mali)-Tghana Cheikh Saad Bouh (Mauritania)-Nirveda Alleck (Mauritius)-Moulay Abdelaziz Errachidi (Morocco)-Jacob Sakaria (Namibia)-Maki Garba (Niger)-Ropo Ewenla (Nigeria)-Antoine De Padoue Sisibo (Rwanda)-Jacqueline Ndiaye (Senegal)-Martin Kennedy (Seychelles)-Mervet Helal (Somalia)-Valmont Layne (South Africa)- Maswati Dludlu (Swaziland)-Komla Konou (Togo)-Ouafa Belgacem (Tunisia)-Ellady Muyambi (Uganda)- Kenneth Chulu (Zambia)- Eric Mazango (Zimbabwe) Proofreading: Rebecca Dickerson, Marius Drissen Design: Christopher Abrahams Photo credit: Christian Mbanza & Nelson Niyakire This research was made possible through the generous support of Mimeta ISBN 978-0-9869900-7-6 ARTWATCH AFRICA REPORT 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................- 9 - Introduction ....................................................................................................................................- 10 - NORTH AFRICA| COUNTRY PROFILES ............................................................................................- 12 - Algeria .............................................................................................................................................- 13 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 13 - Protection in International, Regional And National Instruments ..........................................- 13 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 14 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 15 - Cases of repression ....................................................................................................................- 15 - Egypt ................................................................................................................................................- 16 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 16 - Protection in International, national and regional instruments ............................................- 16 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 18 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 19 - Cases of repression ....................................................................................................................- 19 - Libya ................................................................................................................................................- 20 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 20 - Protection in International, national and regional instruments ............................................- 20 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 21 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 22 - Cases of repression ....................................................................................................................- 23 - Mauritania .......................................................................................................................................- 24 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 24 - Protection in International, national and regional instruments ............................................- 24 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 25 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 26 - Cases of repression ....................................................................................................................- 26 - Morocco .........................................................................................................................................- 27 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 27 - Protection in International, national and regional instruments ............................................- 27 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 28 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 28 - Cases of repression ....................................................................................................................- 29 - Tunisia ..............................................................................................................................................- 30 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 30 - ARTWATCH AFRICA REPORT 2013 – Contents 3 Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 31 - Actors imposing restrictions and types of repression .............................................................- 32 - Economic and financial issues .................................................................................................- 32 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 32 - Cases of restrictions ...................................................................................................................- 33 - WEST AFRICA | COUNTRY PROFILES ..............................................................................................- 34 - Benin ................................................................................................................................................- 35 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 35 - Protection in International, national and regional instruments ............................................- 35 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 36 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 37 - Cases of repression ....................................................................................................................- 37 - Burkina Faso ....................................................................................................................................- 38 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 38 - Protection in universal, regional and national instruments ...................................................- 38 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 39 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 39 - Cote d’ivoire ...................................................................................................................................- 40 - Summary .....................................................................................................................................- 40 - Protection in International, national and regional instruments ............................................- 40 - Limitations to artistic freedom ...................................................................................................- 41 - Supporting Institutions ................................................................................................................- 41