NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

 

 

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Various authors. 1976. Festac '77: A Preview of the 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture. A special issue. Progress International Publications. pdf

Jonathan C. Randal. 1977. Black Festival: A Spectacular Nigerian Ordeal. The International Herald Tribune. January 29-30. pdf

No author. 1977. Carter's Point Man. Newsweek. January 3. (Same pdf as Pringle below.) pdf

James Pringle. 1977. Searching for Black Roots. Newsweek. Page 40 and following. January 3. (Same pdf as No author above.) pdf

Antonio de Figueiredo. 1977. The Power Behind Black Culture. The Guardian. Page 4. February 4. pdf

John Darnton. 1977. African Festival Ends, a Decided Success. The New York Times. Page 3. February 13. pdf

Alex Poinsett. 1977. Festac '77: Cultural event draws 17,000 to Lagos. Ebony. Volume 32. Number 7. Page 33 and following. May. link

Anne Mucheke. 2018. When artistes stood for the African dream. Daily Nation. September 29. link


SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

Ife Enohoro. 1977. The Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture: Lagos, Nigeria. The Black Scholar. Volume 9 Number 1. Special issue on Black Labor. September. Pages 26-33. pdf link

Abdulkadir N. Said. 1977. FESTAC 77: More Than Song and Dance. New Directions. Volume 4 Issue 3. Article 3. pdf link

Joseph Southern. 1977. FESTAC '77. The Black Perspective in Music. Volume 5 Number 1. Pages 104-117. Spring. pdf link

James Gibbs. 2012. Festac, Month by Month & Soyinka’s Involvement. A chapter in African Theatre 11: Festivals. Edited by James Gibbs and Martin Banham. Published by Boydell & Brewer, James Currey. pdf link

Ahmed Yerima. 2012. The Legacy of Festac ’77: The challenge of the Nigerian National Theatre at Iganmu. A chapter in African Theatre 11: Festivals. Edited by James Gibbs and Martin Banham. Published by Boydell & Brewer, James Currey. pdf link

Suzanne Enzerink. 2017. Global Black Culture: Celebrating Americanness at Festac 77. Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society. January 13. link

Suzanne Enzerink. 2017. Transcending Time: Centering Literature at Festac 77. Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society. January 17. link