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Nile festival
🇸🇩 Sudan
Celebration of river life with boat races, music, and crafts on the Nile.
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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...
Irreecha
Oromo thanksgiving festival
Argungu Fishing Festival
One of Nigeria's most popular traditional festivals
Isese Day
Traditional Worshippers Day celebrating African traditional religion
Mombasa Carnival
Annual cultural festival celebrating coastal heritage
Kisumu Cultural Festival
Celebration of Luo culture and Lake Victoria heritage
Kenya International Theatre Festival
Major international theatre and cultural festival
Maragoli Cultural Festival
Annual celebration of Maragoli culture
Ngondo Festival
Traditional Sawa people's festival
Fête de la Mare
Festival of the Sacred Pond
Adossa-Gadao
Harvest thanksgiving and knife-dance festival of the Tem (Kotokoli) people of Sokode, in central Tog...
Evala Festival
Traditional initiation ritual and wrestling festival
Bianou Festival
Traditional New Year celebration in Agadez
Moussem of Tan-Tan
UNESCO-recognized nomadic cultural festival
Festival of Roses
Celebration of rose harvest in Dades Valley
Imilchil Marriage Festival
Traditional Amazigh marriage festival
Ashenda
Traditional girls' festival of Tigray and Amhara regions
New Yam Festival
Traditional harvest celebration across various regions
Osun Osogbo Festival
UNESCO-recognized cultural festival honoring the Osun river goddess
Homowo Festival
Traditional harvest festival of the Ga people
Nyem-Nyem Festival
Cultural festival of the Bamoun people
Auto de Floripes
Traditional theatrical performance
Festival International de Carthage
International cultural festival
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