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🇳🇬 Festivals in Nigeria

21 festivals celebrated in Nigeria, across 9 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Lagos 2 Abeokuta 1 Abia State 1 Argungu 1 Atak Njei 1 Calabar 1 Kaduna 1 Owo 1 Oyo 1

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Arts and film Sports

Usually in November, date not yet confirmed 1

Arts and film Novvaries Aké Arts and Book Festival🇳🇬 Abeokuta, Nigeria

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Nigeria and in many other countries.

Usually in March, date not yet confirmed 1

Arts and film Marvaries Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou🇧🇫 Burkina Faso and 20 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou: Sputniktilt, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Aké Arts and Book Festival: Igwatala, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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