The living guide to Africa's celebrations
Africa's festivals, kept alive by the people who live them.
Discover when they happen, what to expect, and the music, food and meaning behind them—then turn a celebration into a trip.
SIAO
International Arts and Crafts Fair
Amakula Kampala International Film Festival
Uganda's oldest film festival, founded in Kampala in 2004, showing African and international cinema...
Mombasa Carnival
Annual cultural festival celebrating coastal heritage
Argungu Fishing Festival
One of Nigeria's most popular traditional festivals
Kisumu Cultural Festival
Celebration of Luo culture and Lake Victoria heritage
Kenya International Theatre Festival
Major international theatre and cultural festival
Ngondo Festival
Traditional Sawa people's festival
Fête de la Mare
Festival of the Sacred Pond
Evala Festival
Traditional initiation ritual and wrestling festival
Adossa-Gadao
Harvest thanksgiving and knife-dance festival of the Tem (Kotokoli) people of Sokode, in central Tog...
Bianou Festival
Traditional New Year celebration in Agadez
Ashenda
Traditional girls' festival of Tigray and Amhara regions
Imilchil Marriage Festival
Traditional Amazigh marriage festival
Moussem of Tan-Tan
UNESCO-recognized nomadic cultural festival
Nyem-Nyem Festival
Cultural festival of the Bamoun people
Lantern Festival
Traditional festival of lights
TAMBO International Art Camp
International arts and culture festival
Famadihana
Turning of the Bones ceremony
Feria Oramena
Lobster festival
Fisemana
Traditional Antakarana purification ritual
Festival International Kreol
International Creole Festival
Fete des Cultures
Festival of Cultures
Wémèxwé Festival
Traditional cultural festival
Djibouti International Fair
Annual trade and cultural fair
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