World Festival of Black Arts
world festival black art french festival mondial de art nègres also known fesman fman monthlong culture art festival take place africa festival feature poetry sculpture painting music cinema theatre fashion architecture design dance artist performer around african diaspora festival planned panafrican celebration ranged content debate performance — particularly dance theatre first world festival black art french premier festival mondial de art noirs world festival negro art french festival mondial de art nègres held dakar senegal – april initiated former president leopold senghor auspex unesco participation african european caribbean north south american country featuring black literature music theater visual art film dance first statesponsored festival showcase work african african diasporic artist musician writer global audience participant included historian cheikh anta diop dancer arthur mitchell alvin ailey mestre pastinha capoeira troupe bahia duke ellington marion williams singer julie akofa akoussah bella bellow calypsonian mighty terror writer aimé césaire langston hughes wole soyinka amiri baraka sarah webster fabio rosa guy margaret danner lindsay barrett ousmane sembène keorapetse kgositsile william demby filmmaker william greave made minute documentary event entitled first world festival negro art italian journalist sergio borelli produced il festival de dakar minute documentary rai senegalese director paulin soumanou vieyra also produced documentary le sénégal au festival national de art nègres director ussr irina venzher leonid makhnach produced russianlanguage documentary ритми африки ritmi afriki festival festival panafricain dalger also sequence january february second world festival black art black african festival art culture — known festac — took place lagos nigeria patronage president olusegun obasanjo attended participant country largest cultural event ever held african continent among artist took part stevie wonder ted joans sun ra arkestra donald byrd u tabu ley franco congo gilberto gil brazil bembeya jazz national guinea louis moholo dudu pukwana miriam makeba south africa third world festival black art took place – december initiated senegalese president abdoulaye wade theme african renaissance president wade said address un call african son daughter diaspora fellow citizen partner ready walk side state international organization foundation firm etc shining success festival rise new africa festival curated kwame kweiarmah participant opening ceremony included youssou ndour baaba maal angélique kidjo toumani diabaté wyclef jean euzhan palcy carlinhos brown mahotella queen well music cinema festival featured art exhibition theatre dance performance fashion show photography event participation artist intellectual dozen african african diaspora country including u brazil haiti france cuba twelve year later festac held hotel verde zanzibar highprofile name including chief olusegun obasanjo professor wole soyinka dr hussein ali mwinyi dr abdulrazak gurnah new festival director lehlohonolo peega festac africa destination arusha tanzania held tourist city arusha tanzania theme experience africa seven day rendition festival opened sunday night may former black panther member charlotte hill oneal benediction ceremony hoisting african flag official opening monday may featured africa leading speaker professor p l lumumba encouraged commended worked done festival chairperson abioye yinka ceo grace mumo various interview ranging different global medium house prof lumumba stressed need festac week activity followed performance legendary east african band le wanyika lord eyez jamapara many threeday conference address climate change woman business cultural diplomacy etc fesman rd world festival black art facebookcom retrieved october facebook site festival black world festival festac lagos nigeria funnelmewordpresscom retrieved october abdullahi idowu march le wanyika others perform festac africa festival punchngcom retrieved october amos yasinta may golfer brightens arushas festac dailynewscotz arusha tanzania standard newspaper limited retrieved october apolinari tairo march festac africa tanzania host africa biggest festival eturbonewscom travelnewsgroup eturbonews retrieved october unesco video sound collection festac lagos festival unescoorg unesco retrieved october festival featuring senghor duke ellington langston hughes documentary video duration min “festival mondial de art nègres” “world festival black arts” sergio borelli min vimeo video duration uploader caterina borelli arusha open arm le wanyika coming festac africa blanket wine youtube video duration uploader purplesam kinuthia entatainer festac africa destination arusha tanzania episode youtube video duration uploader clevenard social platform tanzania set host one africa biggest festival youtube video duration uploader newzroom afrika may