The renowned Nigerian talent Agent, Fela Oke, together with Muse Africa on the 31st of January 2020 held a master class dubbed “TRNSFRM” for Ghanaians in the entertainment industry or with the passion of taking up any role in the entertainment industry.
The class, albeit short was very educative and insightful. One point that caught the attention of those present was his assessment of the government doing everything creative arts industry.
Though he agrees that the government has to put in certain measures and funds to ensure the decorous and smooth flow of affairs in the industry, he is not big on leaving every nook and cranny of the creative industry to the government. To him, once that happens, it gives the government unlimited power over the industry making it easy for them to “silence the industry.”
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The Creative arts industry is one of the most powerful industries which can also be manipulated in so many ways to achieve a particular goal. For example: If one wants to push any controversial agenda like the legalization of certain drugs to the world or the people, the creative arts industry in most cases is the best tool to propagate such intentions. Such topics are fused into creative pieces like movies, music, etc. for a period of time in order to subtly communicate to the masses till they deem appropriate to openly have such conversations; at which time the recipient of such message had been unconsciously desensitized to such topics making it easy for such conversations to be heard. As against how the recipient would have reacted if communicated to them suddenly.
He further expatiated with an example of why certain types of movies are no longer in existence, emphasizing the power of the creative arts industry and why the government should not be given absolute power over it.
However, in Ghana, most people in the creative arts industry are looking up to the government to take care of every bit of the industry which may put the creative arts industry at the precipice of a chancy end.
