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Witness History: The World Festival of Black Arts

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The World Festival of Black Arts

26/05/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The World Festival of Black Arts

A landmark event for African artists was held in newly-independent Senegal in 1966

In April 1966 thousands of artists and performers from all over Africa descended on the Senegalese capital, Dakar, for the first World Festival of Black Arts.

in April 1966 thousands of artists and performers from all over Africa descended on the Senegalese capital, Dakar, for the first World Festival of Black Arts. Ibrahim el-Salahi and Elimo Njau are two leading African artists who took part in that first festival. The spoke to Ashley Byrne in 2016

Photo: Poster from the first World Festival of Black Arts.

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