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throwback thursday

April 19, 2022

Symbolically, the 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) began on the 15th January 1977 and ran until the 12th February 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria. The event, which had its first edition in Dakar, Senegal way back in 1966, was a celebration of the values of Afrofuturism. Then president of Senegal, … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Echoes from FESTAC ‘77

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