FESPAM

Pan-African Music Festival

Major pan-African cultural festival featuring music performances, exhibitions, and symposiums. Showcases traditional African instruments, rumba, gospel, and various musical styles from across Africa. Festival was paused between 2015-2023 due to economic crisis and COVID-19. Originally held at Alphonse Massamba-Débat stadium

On this day in African history

• 1705 Al-Husayn I ibn Ali seizes control of Tunis, establishing the Husainid dynasty after a period of civil war and Algerian incursions. · Tunisia
• 1799 The Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian rock, is discovered in the Egyptian village of Rosetta. · Egypt
• 1948 The Israeli Air Force bombs residential neighbourhoods in Cairo, Egypt, killing many civilians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. · Egypt
• 1964 Jonas Savimbi resigns from his position as Foreign Minister of the Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile (GRAE) during an OAU summit in Cairo, E... · Angola
• 2016 Tanzanian performance poet Zuhura Seng’enge launches her first collection of poetry, Warrior Unleashed, at Soma Book Café, Dar es Salaam. · Tanzania

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