Description: "This book presents a staggering amount of information, vital to any researcher of African and diasporic cultures, as well as any interested in international art, music, and politics of the 1970s.” –Autumn Diaz, ARLIS/NA ReviewsEarly in 1977, thousands of artists, writers, musicians, activists and scholars from Africa and the Black diaspora assembled in Lagos for FESTAC ’77, the 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture. The event came 11 years after the First World Festival of Negro Arts, held in Dakar, and 8 years after the First Pan-African Cultural Festival was held in Tangiers.With a radically ambitious agenda underwritten by Nigeria’s newfound oil wealth, FESTAC ’77 would unfold as a complex, glorious and excessive culmination of a half-century of transatlantic and pan-Africanist cultural-political gatherings.Devised by Chimurenga magazine, this is the first publication to consider FESTAC in all its cultural-historic complexity, addressing the planetary scale of the event alongside the personal and artistic encounters it made possible. The third title in the magazine’s Chimurenga Library series and the tenth in Afterall’s Exhibition Histories series, the book gathers extensive unseen photographic and archival materials, interviews and new commissions. Featuring contributions from Alioune Diop, Barkley Hendricks, Audre Lorde, Betye Saar, Dominique Malaquais, Marilyn Nance, Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, Elvira Dyangani Ose and Wole Soyinka, among others, Festac ´77: The 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture tells the story of a legendary event that performed African and diasporic politics, culture and collectivity live on the world stage. Domestic buyers: This item will be shipped within one business day of payment.International buyers: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs, if any, will be prior to bidding or buying. Items will always be marked "merchandise," and will always include a receipt for the paid item and shipping & handling charges. For international orders, discounted, combined shipping will be calculated, and the savings will be passed on to the buyer.Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions!
Price: 299.99 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Festac ´77 : the 2nd World Festival of Black Arts and Culture
Language: English
Publisher: Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther König
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), African
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 56.1 Oz
Item Length: 12.5 in
Subject Area: Art
Author: Allioune Diop
Item Width: 9.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
