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Koriteh: The Feast After the Fast, Gambia
No CommentsRead moreAs we celebrate Ed-al-Fitr, we take you to the Gambia and show you one festival everyone has been looking forward…
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Madagascar’s Famadihana: A Feast for the Dead
No CommentsRead moreMadagascar president’s claims that a herbal tonic produced within the country can cure patients of COVID-19 has brought global attention…
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Michael Alvin
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11 Amazing West African Festivals
No CommentsRead moreAfrica is full of colours and fun. The highlights are seen at some of its festivals. Below are 11 amazing…
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VOODOO FESTIVAL, BENIN: Old Religion, New Festival
No CommentsRead moreFestival celebrations by people are often a representation of their traditional beliefs, religious heritage and cultural identity. That is why…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Festival: Harare International Festival of the Arts
No CommentsRead more“The Harare International Festival of the Arts is probably the best-organized festival in the sub-continent and one of the most…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Le Festival National de Gungu (FESNAG): A Right to Celebrate
No CommentsRead moreIt is true that most festivals are usually born as a celebration of people’s way of life, traditions, cultural values…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Blantyre Arts Festival (BAF): Promoting Malawian Arts and Culture
No CommentsRead moreFestivals are events engaged in by a people as an expressions of their arts, culture, tradition, and sometimes religious beliefs.…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Festival: Auto De Floripes (Sao Tome and Principe)
No CommentsRead moreDiscovered in 1475, the exotic São Toméan archipelago stands out as a beautiful and enchanting tropical paradise in the Atlantic…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival, Cape Coast
No CommentsRead morePurifying the New Year There is more to Cape Coast than the haunting memories of African sons and daughters…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Swakopmunder Musikwoche: Bridging the Gap
No CommentsRead moreLocated on the edge of the torrid Namib Desert where Antarctic currents and strong winds cool down the Atlantic Ocean…
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Michael Alvin
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Festival: THAIPOOSAM CAVADEE, Mauritius
No CommentsRead moreMauritius is quite some kind of a multicultural melting pot, with a curious blend of Indian, Chinese, British, French, and…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Mombasa Carnival: A Multi-Cultural Street Party
No CommentsRead moreIf you know the history of Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city, then you will be able to understand and appreciate…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Likumbi Lya Mize, Zambia: Rites of Passage
No CommentsRead moreThey are an interesting tribe and part of a Bantu people believed to have made their way from Cameroon…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Genna: An Ethiopian Christmas in January!
No CommentsRead moreNo. It’s not a mere spillover from the yuletide festivities that characterizes December, or a figurative expression of some random…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Ikeji Festival of Arondizuogu (Imo State, Nigeria)
No CommentsRead moreNothing depicts a people’s way of life explicitly like the celebration of a cultural festival. Within the time frame of…
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Michael Alvin
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FESTIVAL – Saint Helena Carnival
No CommentsRead moreStarted as a charity aid to raise funds for a particular cause, Saint Helena Carnival is conducted every two years…
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Miriam Chiazor
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SAKIFO Music Festival: For a Musical Satisfaction
No CommentsRead moreWith four centuries of diverse history and migration from all corners of the earth, Réunion Island (Île de la Réunion)…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Festival: uMkhosi Womhlanga: Zulu Reed Dance
No CommentsRead moreYou must have heard about the Reed Dance, right? Known in Swaziland as Umhlanga and held usually in late August…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Angola Carnival
No CommentsRead moreMuch like the famous Brazilian and Caribbean carnivals and several other fanfare celebrations across the globe patterned and structured after…
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Miriam Chiazor
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Festival: LES FEUX DE BRAZZA (The Lights of Brazzaville)
No CommentsRead moreYou will be forgiven if you arrived in Brazzaville with an expectation to see the city’s skyline lit up with…