Festac ́77: 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
Author | : Ntone Edjabe |
Publisher | : Walther Konig Verlag |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-12-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 3960984499 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783960984498 |
Rating | : 4/5 (498 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Festac ́77: 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture by : Ntone Edjabe
Download or read book Festac ́77: 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture written by Ntone Edjabe and published by Walther Konig Verlag. This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in 1977, thousands of artists, writers, musicians, activists, and scholars from Africa and the Black diaspora assembled in Lagos for FESTAC '77, 11 years after the First World Festival of Negro Arts. This is the first publication to consider FESTAC in all its cultural-historic complexity, addressing the planetary scale of the event alongside the personal and artistic encounters it made possible.