"Festac '77, also known as the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (the first was in Dakar, 1966), was a major international festival held in Lagos, Nigeria, from 15 January 1977 to 12 February 1977. The month-long event celebrated African culture and showcased to the world African music, fine art, literature, drama, dance and religion. About 16,000 participants, representing 56 African nations and countries of the African Diaspora, performed at the event.
Artists who performed at the festival included Stevie Wonder from United States, Gilberto Gil from Brazil, Bembeya Jazz National from Guinea, Mighty Sparrow from Trinidad and Tobago, Les Ballets Africains, South African Miriam Makeba, and Franco Luambo Makiadi. At the time it was held, it was the largest pan-African gathering to ever take place." (Wikipedia)
Author(s): The International Festival Comittee
Publisher: Africa Journal Limited
Year: 1977
Language: English
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Pages: 158
City: Lagos
FESTAC '77
Contents
Foreword (H.E. Lt.-Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo)
Introduction (Commander O. P Fingesi)
Black Culture (H.E. President Leopold S. Senghor)
African Identity and Ideology (Professor P. Chike Onwuachi)
Music in African Culture (J. H. Kwabena Nketia)
Spanning the Oceans (Mokwugo Okoye)
African Cosmology (Rev. Dr. John Mbiti)
African View of Art (Ben Enwonwu)
African Art in Foreign Hands (Alma Robinson)
Cinematographic Art (Paulin Soumanon Vieyra)
Modern African Poetry (Lamine Diakhate)
African Literature (Lewis Nkosi)
African Oral Literature (Rev. Dr. John Mbiti)
The Caribbeans (Dolores Kirton Cayou)
In the Diaspora (Ralph H. Metcalfe)
Soul and Style (Johnetta B. Cole)
A Heritage Lost (Ekpo Eyo)
The Aborigines (Gordon Briscoe)
APPENDIX Basic facts about FESTAC
