FESTAC AFRICA Senegal 2026
CITY / COUNTRY: DAKAR, SENEGAL.
Date: 12/13-20/2026.
FESTAC AFRICA Senegal 2026.
“Commemorating 60 Years of African Cultural Renaissance”.
The event is envisioned as a major Pan-African cultural gathering bringing together artists, musicians, writers, cultural leaders and communities from across Africa and the diaspora. The event will celebrate African heritage and contemporary creativity while creating space for cultural exchange, collaboration and renewed connections among African peoples.
The event is planned as a major cultural gathering highlighting music, arts, literature and African creativity.
Historical Context: FESTAC traces its roots to the First World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar in 1966, organised under Senegalese president and poet Léopold Sédar Senghor. The festival helped establish Dakar as an important centre of African cultural and intellectual exchange, a tradition that FESTAC AFRICA seeks to continue.
Organisers:
- FESTAC Africa;
- Republic of Senegal;
- Pan African Writers Association.