International Conference on African Culture and Development

This conference is designed to draw attention to the missing link in the futile attempts to develop the African continent – culture. This is clearly illustrated in the 1995 report of the World Commission on Culture and Development: “Development divorced from its human or cultural context is growth without a soul. Economic development in its full flowering is a part of a people’s culture”. The purpose of this conference is to provide a platform for the generation, interaction and refinement of ideas. As an advocacy body, the ICACD Secretariat aims to push for the conclusions drawn at ICACD 2008 and subsequent programmes into the framework of policy-making on the African continent.