Arts and Culture Minister condemns ostracism of heritage arts

By DOH JAMES SONKEY The esplanade of the National Museum in the nation capital last December 20 to 24, 2017 served as a veritable platform for the showcasing of Cameroon’s cultural roots and identity at the first ever Archeological and Patrimonial Arts Fair organized under the distinguished patronage of the President of the Republic, Paul Biya. Representing the Prime Minister, Head of Government at both the opening and closing ceremonies, the Minister of Arts and Culture, Prof Narcisse Mouelle Kombi decried that “heritage arts suffer from a two-pronged ostracism; that of obsolete ethnocentrism with its cultural promoters ignoring or denying…