FORA.tv Speaker - Delicia Forbes

Delecia Forbes is acting director for Creative Industries for the Provincial Government Department of the Western Cape: Economic Development and Tourism. She has also served as executive director for Spier Arts Trust, executive director for Community Development for the City of Cape Town, arts and culture officer for the London Borough of Merton, arts-education officer for Weekend Arts College – London, and senior lecturer at Battswood Training College in Cape Town.

Her research experience includes developing the first Arts and Culture Policy for the City of Cape Town (first democratically elected local government). Ms. Forbes received a B.A. from the University of Cape Town, a B.Ed. from the University of South Africa, and an M.A. from the University of Durham in the United Kingdom.