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H.E. Lieutenant-General Olusegun Obasanjo, Head of State of Nigeria and Festival Patron. (vi) to facilitate a periodic 'return to origin' in Africa by Black artists, writers and performers uprooted to other continents. VENUE OFEVENTS The main venue is Lagos, capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. But one major attraction, the Durbar. will take place in Kaduna, in the northern part basic facts of the country. REGISTRATION FEES Preparations are being intensified for the Second World There is a registration fee of U.S. $10,000 per partici- Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture to be held pating country or community. in Nigeria from 15th January to 12th February, 1977. The First Festival was held in Dakar, Senegal, in 1966. GOVERNING BODY It was then known simply as the World Festival of Negro The governing body for the Festival is the International Arts. Festival Committee representing the present 16 Festival At the end of that First Festival in 1966, Nigeria was Zones into which the Black African world has been invited to host the Second Festival in 1970. Nigeria divided. These 16 Zones are: South America, the accepted the invitation, but because of the internal Caribbean countries, USA/Canada, United Kingdom and situation in the country, it was not possible to hold the Ireland, Europe, Australia/Asia, Eastern Africa, Southern Festival that year. Africa, East Africa (Community), Central Africa I and II, At the end of the Nigerian civil war, the matter was WestAfrica (Anglophone), West Africa (Francophone) I resuscitated, and the Festival was rescheduled to be held and II, North Africa and the Liberation Movements at the end of 1975. -
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World Directory of Minorities Africa MRG Directory –> Mali –> Mali Overview Print Page Close Window Mali Overview Environment Peoples History Governance Current state of minorities and indigenous peoples Environment The Republic of Mali is a landlocked state in West Africa that extends into the Sahara Desert in the north, where its north-eastern border with Algeria begins. A long border with Mauritania extends from the north, then juts west to Senegal. In the west, Mali borders Senegal and Guinea; to the south, Côte d'Ivoire; to the south-east Burkina Faso, and in the east, Niger. The country straddles the Sahara and Sahel, home primarily to nomadic herders, and the less-arid south, predominately populated by farming peoples. The Niger River arches through southern and central Mali, where it feeds sizeable lakes. The Senegal river is an important resource in the west. Mali has mineral resources, notably gold and phosphorous. Peoples Main languages: French (official), Bambara, Fulfulde (Peulh), Songhai, Tamasheq. Main religions: Islam (90%), traditional religions (6%), Christian (4%). Main minority groups: Peulh (also called Fula or Fulani) 1.4 million (11%), Senoufo and Minianka 1.2 million (9.6%), Soninké (Saracolé) 875,000 (7%), Songhai 875,000 (7%), Tuareg and Maure 625,000 (5%), Dogon 550,000 (4.4%) Bozo 350,000 (2.8%), Diawara 125,000 (1%), Xaasongaxango (Khassonke) 120,000 (1%). [Note: The percentages for Peulh, Soninke, Manding (mentioned below), Songhai, and Tuareg and Maure, as well as those for religion in Mali, come from the U.S. State Department background note on Mali, 2007; Data for Senoufo and Minianka groups comes from Ethnologue - some from 2000 and some from 1991; for Dogon from Ethnologue, 1998; for Diawara and Xaasonggaxango from Ethnologue 1991; Percentages are converted to numbers and vice-versa using the State Department's 2007 estimated total population of 12.5 million.] Around half of Mali's population consists of Manding (or Mandé) peoples, including the Bambara (Bamana) and the Malinké. -