The 1997 Prince Claus Awards
- Theme
The winners of the 1997 awards embody the policy aims of the Prince Claus Fund: Exceptional work in the field of culture and development in Asia, Latin America and notably in Africa.
- Laureates
- The Zimbabwe International Book Fair (Principal Award)
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (Senegal)
- Index on Censorship (United Kingdom), organization for the freedom of speech
- Malangatana Ngwenya (Mozambique), artist painter and poet
- Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (Ghana), ethnomusicologist and composer
- Sardono Waluyo Kusumo (Indonesia), choreographer, dancer and film maker
- Bruno Stagno (Chile/Costa Rica), architect
- Jim Supangkat (Indonesia), sculptor, art critic and curator
- Abdeljelil Temimi (Tunisia), historian
- Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (D.R. Congo/Tanzania), political philosopher
- Committee
Adriaan van der Staay, Lolle Nauta, Anil Ramdas.
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