What is FESTAC 77?
'''Festac '77''', was a major international festival held in Lagos, Nigeria, from 15 January 1977 to 12 February 1977.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/02/14/festac-upbeat-finale/e97a144d-bd6a-4e03-ba18-e0be4217d057/</ref> The event celebrated African culture and showcased to the world African music, fine art, literature, drama, dance and religion. About 16,000 participants performed at the event.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ob4DAAAAMBAJ&q=ebony+magazine+festac&pg=PA44|title=Ebony Jr.|last=Company|first=Johnson Publishing|date=May 1977|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1u0VDodtuJ0C&q=festac&pg=PA288|title=Key Events in African History: A Reference Guide|last=Falola|first=Toyin|date=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31323-3|language=en}}</ref> 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 gathering of African people to ever take place.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ooVNCgAAQBAJ&q=miriam+makeba+second+world+black+and+african+festival+of+arts+and+culture&pg=PA845|title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America|last1=Shujaa|first1=Mwalimu J.|last2=Shujaa|first2=Kenya J.|date=2015-07-13|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4833-4638-0|language=en}}</ref> The official symbol of the festival was a similar symbol crafted by Erhabor Emokpae of the royal ivory mask of Benin.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000falo|title=Historical dictionary of Nigeria|last=Falola|first=Toyin|date=2009|publisher=Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-8108-5615-8}}</ref> The hosting of the festival led to the creatio