FESTAC Africa Coming to Tanzania’s Arusha

FESTAC Africa will come to Arusha with arts, fashion, music, storytelling, poetry, film, short stories, travel, tourism, food and dance

Africa’s thrilling and most exciting musical and entertainment event, FESTAC Africa, will take place at the Arusha International Conference Center, Tanzania in the next few days.

In less than two weeks, FESTAC Africa will be staged in Arusha, Tanzania’s northern tourist city with an array of arts, fashion, music, storytelling, poetry, film, short stories, travel, tourism, hospitality, food and dance through live performances from various countries in Africa and across the world.

FESTAC Africa 2023 will focus on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) initiatives to ensure African culture in the long term is sustained and preserved in an eco-friendly way.

The festival is expected to bring cultural, hospitality and tourism experts to share insights on how Africa can offset its carbon footprint and also do a workshop to teach organizations how to report accurately on ESG.

Festival participants will have opportunities to experience the continent through travel and tourism and explore Arusha and Tanzania during the festival week.

They will also have opportunities to visit some of Africa’s leading wildlife parks, including the Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park and the spice island of Zanzibar or hiking Mount Kilimanjaro.

Supported by the African Tourism Board (ATB), FESTAC 2023 will be taking places from May 21 to 27 May, showcasing Africa’s richest cultures, all aiming to attract local and foreign tourists to visit the continent.

African heroes and heroines left their countries and went to exile in different countries in a quest to free Africa and her people from colonial rule, with the armed struggle as their weapon.

The event will also provide a platform for businesses to connect with the right network and a space for collaboration to showcase its latest products and services, connecting marketing professionals and buyers. About 100 to 150 exhibitors are expected at the festival.

“Africa is inviting you to Arusha, Tanzania to continue the fight for total emancipation of Africa, using a different weapon, by uniting her people through music, culture, heritage, tourism, business, networking, trade, hospitality and so much more”, the event organizers said.

The forthcoming FESTAC Africa 2023, Destination Arusha is the World’s Fourth Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture.

It will provide a space for collaboration and showcasing the latest products and services, connecting marketing professionals and buyers. It is all about connecting people with people, organizers said.

FESTAC Africa 2023 will also explore Tanzania’s spectacular landscapes and wildlife treasures on this exceptional safari adventure which lends itself perfectly to Great Migration experiences.

Apart from wildlife parks, participants will get a chance to experience and learn about Tanzania’s famous “Tanzanite gemstone” and the historical business city of Dar es Salaam or “Haven of Peace”.

Key and leading African personalities have aired their views over FESTAC 2023 event, wishing it great success during its weeklong staging.

“My vote has always been for diversity, hybridity, even mongrelisation, the dynamic crucible of the creative adventure. Mentally and spiritually, even long before Festac the First, I have always reserved a cabin on this vessel”, said Professor Wole Soyinka, Noble Prize Winner in Literature.

Zanzibar President Dr. Hussein Mwinyi noted that the event will bring together key personalities in arts, cultural heritage, tourism and leadership.

Former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo had congratulated the FESTAC 2023 organizers and said that all have played a role in putting together this event.

Dr. Julius Garvey, the Chairman of Marcus Garvey Institute said: “At the heart of every society and every individual in that society is a belief system that shapes its ideas, culture, day-to-day activities and future goals”.

“This is derived from tradition, a history, and knowledge of past experience”, said Dr. Garvey.