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Featured: African Drums Festival - 2017

 

Photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade

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  • Chief Ebenezer Obey and Ogun State Governor His Majesty Ibikunle Amosun [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • Ogun State Governor His Majesty Ibikunle Amosun, his wife, Professor Wole Soyinka and a Guest [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • The Oni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • Ogun State Governor His Majesty Ibikunle Amosun and the Oni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • Aralola Apeke Olamuyiwa, first female African Talking Drummer and Cultural Ambassador of Ile-Ife [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • Bayelsa State Governor His Majesty Henry Dickson [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • Aralola Apeke Olamuyiwa, first female African Talking Drummer and Cultural Ambassador of Ile-Ife [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
  • Ogun State Governor His Majesty Ibikunle Amosun beating the tallest drum in the world [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
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  • Yoruba Bata Drummers from Ekiti State, Nigeria [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
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  • Participants from Edo State, Nigeria [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
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  • Ekanemi Drums Esemble Troupe from Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria [photo credit: Wale Ogunyomade]
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Description

'"We believe that this event, will among other things, promote the cultural heritage and unity of the African continent; project the uniqueness of African culture in a more positive light; open up new vistas for cultural artifacts as viable tools for socio-economic development; and acquitting all and sundry with the varied drums and dances that are peculiar to multi-ethnic groups in Africa, it is expected that with this platform, we must have re-energised the cultural zeal in the minds of our people and the resultant cultural resurgence will, in the long run, help us appreciate our African culture more than ever before and forge ahead culturally on a united front. It is an undeniable fact that drums and drumming are pivotal to the very existence of human life, particularly among Nigerians and, by extension Africans..." - Ogun State Governor His Majesty Ibikunle Amosun

Website

For more information, visit http://www.africandrumsfestival.com