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That’s according to Head of Parks, Recreation and Culture at the eThekwini Municipality, Thembinkosi Ngcobo.

He was speaking at the Articulate Africa Book and Art Fair at the Durban Exhibition Centre. It is aimed at celebrating artists like writers and poets.“Books and visual art are about telling our own stories as a people in a way that we want to tell them. Therefore they are about cultural preservation. Whatever experience you have, put it down on paper or painting. It is your own story and your story will be respected. Therefore we are trying in inculcate the culture of self-expression, self-love.

“The creative industry is regarded as entertainment, nothing more than that. The creative industry in SA contributes R90.5 billion to the GDP of our country. This industry employs half a million people,” says Ngcobo.

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