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Ndzamangwi- Challenge of Arts based approaches
Arts is a beautiful and powerful way of building peace in society. However, it remains a double-edged sword because very often artist in the line of peacebuilding become soft’ targets for central government authorities, militias or warlords. In the midst of conflict, not all belligerents want to see an end to the fighting, because of the economic or political gains that accrue to them because of the chaos. When the work of an artist does not resonate with any of the parties in the conflict, they tend to attack these artists. Artist in such scenarios have been brutalised, threatened, their equipment vandalized and their survival put on the balance. However, there are still artists who have continued to remain resilient in pushing arts for peace, even in the face of such dire conditions
True and well-observed points brother Isidore these are the naked realities which artist are facing in entire globe.
This is correct, especially in politics conflict areas when some artists produce music which seems to support a certain political party, then society turns against them.its very unfortunate..
I think we all should just be resilient in using arts to build peace, we are stronger together with our arts💪🏽