Les politiques de financement et les enjeux de coopération multilatérale dans le domaine du théâtre au Cameroun

Public policies and action in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa raise questions about their legitimacy and effectiveness. These questions are generally analyzed through the prism of governance and the quality of the administrative apparatus, as well as their impact on the populations concerned. In the field of theatre in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, and more particularly in a bilingual country such as Cameroon (French and English are the two official languages), there is an imbalance between state funding measures and the importance of foreign subsidies. This situation has harmful consequences for the development of theatrical activity and the economic situation of artists. This study aims to examine how this funding policy is structured in a context of crisis with regard to public funding of the arts, and to analyze the relationship between these funding bodies and Cameroon. It sets out the scope of this collaboration with the northern countries and cooperation bodies such as la Francophonie, UNESCO, the World Bank, the International Commission for French-Speaking Theatre (CITF), European Union, European Commission, the French and Goethe Institutes as well as embassies, both for the French-speaking African countries (including Cameroon) and for artists, the main stakeholders involved in this issue.