₦airaland Forum

cyrusmillz:
You religious fanatics are something else. I've just been typing and deleting my comment cos I don't have the words for you

gbaskiboy:
Wow! I have heard of it but never Knew it was celebrated this way. Africans are rich in culture and I love cultures too. Wish to see replica of this in future.


Africa Amaka
Igbo Amaka
Yoruba Amaka
Hausa Amaka

Myer:
Nice one.
Unfortunately for the spiritually discerning, it also marked the beginning of the downward spiral of Nigeria. As it seems it celebrated the gods across Africa and not God.

GeneralPula:
Wow. Never heard of this

happney65:
An Elderly family friend of ours won a flat for about the prize of is it twenty naira or ten naira then. A complete 3bedroom flat

Reflect7:
FESTAC VILLAGE

I remember FESTAC VILLAGE as it was when it was first built for the 20,000 black diaspora who stormed Nigeria for the event. From Ghana, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Jamaica, USA, Barbados, Cuba, Brazil, Antigua, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Grenada, Bahamas, etc etc.

When you entered FESTAC then, it was like somewhere in Los Angeles! Clean roads with sidewalks, and folks strolling around, taking pictures etc.

IN FACT, THE WHOLE OF LAGOS WAS BUBBLING. YANKEE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, IN THE CLUBS, BARS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, THE BEACH, THE STREETS, EVERYWHERE.


Facilities

''A housing estate known as Festac Village was constructed as accommodation for about 17,000 participants. However, the long-term objective of the village under the Federal Housing Programme was to relieve some of the housing pressure in Lagos. The housing estate was proposed for construction within two years, with more than 40 contractors working on different sites of the project. In total 5,088 dwelling units were built prior to the festival and an additional 5,687 were to be completed by the end of 1977. During the festival, the housing estate was the venue for performance rehearsals and interaction by participants as various troupes rehearsed their routines in the day and at night.

For hosting the performances and lectures, a state-of-the-art multipurpose national theatre was built, to serve also as a lasting centre of African art and culture. The theatre's design was based on the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria. The new complex had two exhibition halls, a 5,000-capacity performance and event hall, a conference hall with 1,600 seats and two cinema halls. The theatre hosted dance, music, art exhibitions, cinema, drama and the colloquium.'' - Wiki

National Arts Theatre, Lagos
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Reflect7:
There has been notable development since then, in many respects.

Not a single expressway existed in Nigeria in 1977. Lagos-Ibadan was our first, commissioned in 1978.

Today, such roads are the norm across Nigeria.

Many cities we have today like Calabar, Uyo, Awka, Abakiliki, Ikot-Ekpene, Minna, Jalingo, etc were villages or glorified villages in 1977. Today they are modern cities with expressways, flyovers, universities, international conference centres, and shopping malls.

Even Lagos which hosted the event for the most part, is vastly improved today in terms of infrastructure and so on.

Don't take these developments for granted.

Rome was not built in a day.

Reflect7:
Absolutely. It was a glorious period for Nigeria.

Reflect7:
Which country can dare bring out 1.7 billion dollars to host such a thing in Africa today?

Bro, Nigeria was very rich back then. Money was not an issue for the country.

Some people used to bathe in champagne in those days.

aieromon:
Bro is bendoricks prepaid metre ok
Fact.

My dad was one of the winners of a 3 bedroom flat. The flat came furnished with bunk beds, ceiling fans and mattresses.

Proudly Festac Baby.

FullBlastLight:
Celebrating idols & fetish stuff they called Festac was an immortal error Nig shldn't hv misguidedly committed!

What a whopping & colossal waste of money & resources on a show of vanity as dis!

Oga leave religion out of Nigeria's mess. Idol worship has nothing to do with it, we have poor leadership and a weak system. Go and research the mode of worship in China, Japan, South Korea etc yet they are doing well. Una too dey carry religion for head yet people like you don't even practice what you preach. Let love be our religion that's all we need


That demonic error was d remote & fundamental undoing of Nig till 2day!

aieromon:
Fact.

My dad was one of the winners of a 3 bedroom flat. The flat came furnished with bunk beds, ceiling fans and mattresses.

Proudly Festac Baby.

Frairfrancis:
Bro is bendoricks prepaid metre ok

Reflect7:
African religion is based on the belief that lesser deities exist, which compliment, but are subservient to the Almighty Creator.

It is not for you to say they are wrong, because you don't know.

What we DO KNOW is that AFRICAN RELIGION WAS THE FIRST ON EARTH, and Africa is the CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION.

Go tell that to the white colonialists that taught you 'Jesus' and 'Mary'.

Msmither:
Very stupid assumption.

The white man had Christainity yet they enslaved your people for 400 years

The Arabs had Islam yet they enslaved Africa for 1300 years and they haven't stopped, there is underground SLAVERy going on in UAE as we speak.


You all go to church and vilify your ancestors by casting out some imaginary curse with the white man's religion, if that's not stupidity I don't know what it is.

As if the Religious practices by modern day clerics and pastors in Nigeria is even genuine.

Alfas are selling charms and giving fake prophesies.

Pastors are doing fake miracles, building schools with public tithes and offerings and making it private, they have no hospital, no motherless baby homes, no food bank, little or no humanitarian services yet they go around cruising on private jets and do not follow their own teachings.

Black Brothers are killing their kinsmen in the name of Islam, if that's not stupidity I don't know what it is.

Free yourself from colonialism and Religious reconditioning.

OldNairalander:
I still believed the West have a hand in Nigeria's current woes.
This country was fast rising to become a rich and powerful black empire of sort that will liberate all black men all over the world. Unfortunately for her,the West can't survive without Africa's resources. Hence the coded Carthage like treatment on Nigeria to destroy it's influence.

Reflect7:
There has been notable development since then, in many respects.

Not a single expressway existed in Nigeria in 1977. Lagos-Ibadan was our first, commissioned in 1978.

Today, such roads are the norm across Nigeria.

Many cities we have today like Calabar, Uyo, Awka, Abakiliki, Ikot-Ekpene, Minna, Jalingo, etc were villages or glorified villages in 1977. Today they are modern cities with expressways, flyovers, universities, international conference centres, and shopping malls.

Even Lagos which hosted the event for the most part, is vastly improved today in terms of infrastructure and so on.

Don't take these developments for granted.

Rome was not built in a day.

Myer:
As a Christian you should understand this "assumption".
God has done the same in the Bible. Punish the people for celebrating other gods.

As much as I don't want to believe it, judging by the chronicles of Nigeria's downward turn since then, what else can you attribute it to?

sreamsense:
Good old days when there was no Ipob and Boko Haram. Time when moraless humans were few or were never born. Time when there was no bad side effects of social media like Yahoo, Facebook and Google. Time when few available universities then were dedicated to duties and there was nothing like ASSU thinking of sharing from national cake even when they don't work to justify the payment. Time when one can treck from City to city without fear of kidnapping, ritualism and banditry.

Time when strangers can be allowed to sleep over without fear of loosing personal treasure. Time when Fulani children rearing animals in different locations were friendly and also safe from attacks. Time when kanu was in primary school and was so innocent without having mind to turn Igbo lands to killing field under guise of unknown gun men. May God restore good old days memories back for us in modern form that are free of violence, kidnapping and get quick syndrome

judedwriter:
Hey, watch your language.

Nairaland is for civilized people.

Africa history is steeped in idol worship, if you don't believe it, it's your cup of milo.

Cheers.

OldNairalander:
I still believed the West have a hand in Nigeria's current woes.
This country was fast rising to become a rich and powerful black empire of sort that will liberate all black men all over the world. Unfortunately for her,the West can't survive without Africa's resources. Hence the coded Carthage like treatment on Nigeria to destroy it's influence.