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Nigerian Artists Rehearsal | Pan-African Festival | Yoruba Opera & Kano Contortionism | July 1969

Written By Adeyinka Makinde on Monday, Feb 17, 2020 | 12:33 PM

 
July 1969. Footage of Nigerian artists rehearsing in Lagos for the forthcoming First Pan-African Festival which was to be held in Algiers, Algeria. It shows the Ogunmola Travelling Theatre rehearsing an adaptation of Amos Tutuola's "The Palm Wine Drunkard" and contortionists from Kano State. Source: Reuters News Archive. See also: Ghanaian Dancers Perform at the Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algiers | July 1969 https://youtu.be/EhIwYS3PXlY