Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) 1977

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Festival_of_Arts_and_Culture_(FESTAC)_1977
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:FESTAC_'77
gptkbp:category gptkb:festival
gptkb:African_diaspora
1977 in Nigeria
gptkbp:commemorativeStampIssued gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:endDate 1977-02-12
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) 1977
gptkbp:legacy inspiration for subsequent Pan-African festivals
increased global awareness of African arts
promotion of Pan-Africanism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lagos,_Nigeria
gptkbp:logo gptkb:FESTAC_mask
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:National_Theatre,_Lagos
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Return_of_the_Benin_Ivory_Mask
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Stevie_Wonder
gptkb:King_Sunny_Adé
gptkb:Fela_Kuti
gptkb:Miriam_Makeba
gptkb:Osibisa
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
English
Portuguese
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Nigerian_Government
gptkbp:participants over 16,000
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_World_Festival_of_Negro_Arts_(Dakar,_1966)
gptkbp:purpose celebrate African culture and arts
gptkbp:startDate 1977-01-15
gptkbp:theme African culture and heritage
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 56
gptkbp:type international festival
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Theatre,_Lagos
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6