ABSTRACT
The power of the arts is conveyed in their potential to support self-expression, to develop life skills, and to give people on the margins a chance for creating a better future for themselves. Participatory actions through the arts help people to address challenges they are facing: segregation, marginalisation, denial of appropriate education, and misrepresentation of their culture. Awareness of community values should be the foundation of arts-based interventions. Some communities or participants may feel that the use of arts-based methods is inappropriate for their contexts. Education through the arts supports valuing and learning through alternative knowledge systems with the purpose of decolonising institutions, enables communication, and implements policies.
