World Festival of Black Arts | |
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Genre | Pan-African |
Location(s) | Dakar, Senegal; Lagos, Nigeria; Stone Town, Zanzibar; Arusha, Tanzania |
Years active | 1966, 1977, 2009/2010, 2022, 2023 |
Organised by | 1966: Leopold Senghor, 1977: Olusegun Obasanjo, 2010: Abdoulaye Wade, 2022: Abioye Yinka and Grace Mumo, 2023 Abioye Yinka, Grace Mumo and Lehlohonolo Peega |
The World Festival of Black Arts (French: Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres), also known as FESMAN or FMAN, has been a series of month-long culture and arts festival taking place in various parts of Africa. The festival features participants of cultural expression – arts, literature, music, cinema - from around the African Diaspora.[1]