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, is a month-long culture and arts festival that takes place in Africa. The festival features poetry, sculpture, painting, music, cinema, theatre, fashion, architecture, design and dance from artists and performers from around the African Diaspora.[1]