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FESTAC 77

Pan-African arts festival
Event Arts Festival Q25040886

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
arts festival
Country
Nigeria[6]
Performer
Stevie Wonder, Gilberto Gil, Mighty Sparrow, Bembeya Jazz National, Les Ballets Africains, Luambo Makiadi[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Part of the series
World Festival of Black Arts[13]
Location
Festac Town, National Arts Theatre, City Hall, Lagos, Lagos National Stadium, Tafawa Balewa Square[14][15][16][17][18]
Part of
World Festival of Black Arts[20]
Designed by
Erhabor Emokpae[19]
End time
February 12, 1977[22]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Surulere, Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Kaduna[2][3][4][5]
Main subject
Pan-Africanism, African art, music of Africa, music of the African diaspora[25][26][27][28]
Official symbol
Benin Pendant Mask[29]
Participant
Jeff Donaldson, Andrew Young[23][24]
Start time
January 15, 1977[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture en Festac '77 en Festac 77 en FESTAC '77 en FESTAC 77 de Festac es Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture fr Festac '77 fr Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture zh 第二届世界黑人与非洲艺术文化节
🔖 Identifiers · 12
VIAF cluster ID
158275622
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 158275622 BnF data 148916732 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80092013
GND ID
3020502-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Festac '77 Grand Durbar (22173986028) (cropped) 1.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12961668r
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1IHlp0
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
283364
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bw1hfn6b, /g/120t41s3
Grove Art Online ID
T2263793
J9U entity ID
987011427810305171
Libraries Australia ID
35811875
NUKAT ID
n2016070833
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1977 2026-10-01 BnF data (fr-lo) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
BnF data
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261102 landed
Licence
fr-lo
Credit
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retain…
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Location 5
Lagos National Stadium, National Arts Theatre, Tafawa Balewa Square, Festac Town, City Hall, Lagos
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Kaduna, Lagos Island, Surulere, Eti-Osa
Performer 4
Stevie Wonder, Gilberto Gil, Luambo Makiadi, Mighty Sparrow
Main subject 3
Pan-Africanism, African art, music of Africa
Belongs to 1
World Festival of Black Arts
Country 1
Nigeria
Instance of 1
arts festival
Part of 1
World Festival of Black Arts
Part of the series 1
World Festival of Black Arts
Participant 1
Andrew Young
← Participant in 1
Ifi Amadiume
← Represents 1
Benin Pendant Masks
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Summary

FESTAC 77 is an arts festival[1].

Related Entities

Gilberto Gil Kaduna Nigeria Stevie Wonder

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1IHlp0
    Instance of → arts festival
    Start time → +1977-01-15T00:00:00Z
    Participant → Jeff Donaldson, Andrew Young
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