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Mwaka Kogwa Festival
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Mwaka Kogwa is the traditional Swahili New Year festival of Zanzibar.
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Igue Festival
Annual royal festival of the Benin Kingdom
Creole Festival
Celebration of Seychellois Creole culture
SUBIOS
Seychelles Festival of the Sea
FEMUA (Festival des Musiques Urbaines d'Anoumabo)
Abidjan's annual urban music festival, staged in the Anoumabo district by the group Magic System, mi...
Fête du Dipri
Traditional Abidji festival
Madajazzcar
International jazz festival
Santabary Festival
Traditional first rice harvest celebration
Alahamadi Be
Traditional Malagasy New Year
Lake of Stars Festival
International arts and music festival
Festival des Villes Anciennes
Ancient Cities Festival
Carnival of Bissau
Annual carnival celebration
Atlantic Music Expo
International music festival and trade fair
Gelede Festival
Traditional masquerade festival
N'Djamena Music Festival
Annual music and cultural festival
Festival International de la Culture Tchadienne
International festival of Chadian culture
Shoko Festival
Urban culture festival
Carnival
Pre-Lenten festival
Zimbabwe International Film Festival
Annual film festival
Intwasa Arts Festival
Spring arts festival
Luanda Jazz Festival
Annual jazz music festival
SIAO
International Arts and Crafts Fair
FESPACO
Pan-African Film Festival
Festival au Désert
Tuareg music festival
Amakula Kampala International Film Festival
Uganda's oldest film festival, founded in Kampala in 2004, showing African and international cinema...
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