FESTAC 77

Festac '77, nke a makwaara dị ka Ememme nke Abụọ nke oji na African nke Arts na Culture (nke mbụ bụ na Dakar, 1966), bụ nnukwu ememme mba ụwa nke emere na Lagos, Nigeria, site na 15 Jenụwarị, afọ 1977 ruo 12 Febụwarị, afọ 1977.^[1] Ihe omume ahụ were otu ọnwa mere emume ọdịbendị Afrịka ma gosipụta ụwa egwu Afrịka, nka mara mma, akwụkwọ, ihe nkiri, ịgba egwu na okpukpe. Ihe dị ka ndị sonyere 16,000, na-anọchite anya mba 56 nke Afrịka na mba ndị Afrịka, rụrụ ọrụ na ihe omume ahụ.^[2][3] Ndị na-ese ihe na-eme emume ahụ gụnyere Stevie Wonder si United States, Gilberto Gil si Brazil, Bembeya Jazz National si Guinea, Mighty Sparrow si Trinidad na Tobago, Les Ballets Africains, South African Miriam Makeba, na Franco Luambo Makiadi. N'oge emere ya, ọ bụ nnukwu nnọkọ pan-African nke emere.^[4]

Ihe nnọchianya gọọmentị nke emume ahụ bụ ihe yiri nke Erhabor Emokpae mere nke ihe nkpuchi ọdụ́ nke eze Benin.^[5] Nkwado nke emume ahụ dugara n'ịmepụta Kansụl Naịjirịa nke Arts na Ọdịbendị, Obodo Festac na National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.^[6] E mere ọtụtụ n'ime ihe omume ndị ahụ n'ebe anọ: National Theatre, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos City Hall na Tafawa Balewa Square.^[7]

1. ↑ R. "FESTAC: Upbeat Finale", The Washington Post, 14 February 2014. Retrieved on 15 March 2017. (in en-US)
2. ↑ Gray. "Festac: A Festival of Arts", Ebony Magazine, 1 May 1977. Retrieved on 22 August 2015.
3. ↑ Falola (2002). Key Events in African History: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Press, 281. ISBN 9780313313233. 
4. ↑ Mwalimu J. Shujaa, Kenya J. Shujaa (13 July 2015). The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America. Sage Publishers. ISBN 9781483346380. Retrieved on 22 August 2015. 
5. ↑ (1 July 2009) "World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture", in Falola, Toyin: Historical Dictionary of Nigeria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6316-3. 
6. ↑ Apter (2005). The Pan-African Nation: Oil and the Spectacle of Culture in Nigeria. University of Chicago Press. 
7. ↑ Foundation for Research in the Afro-American Creative Arts, "Festac '77", The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 1977), pp. 104–117.