The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the weekend declared the Afropolis Lagos 2024, a global competition of arts, tradition, creativity and innovation open on the JK Randle Centre for Yoruba Tradition and Historical past.
Sanwo-Olu who was represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on the 10-day competition, which is its maiden version, described the occasion as a celebration of richness of African tradition, artwork, creativity and innovation.
He mentioned: “This competition has turn into a novel gathering for us, a melting level of concepts the place custom and modernity converge, the place we imagine the previous made the long run. “This yr’s theme, “the New Delusion”, is a strong and well timed name for reimagination, renewal and a contemporary understanding of who we’re as Africans and what we aspire to turn into.
“The parable that we’ve got inherited from our forebearers have been the inspiration of our collective identification values and tradition. “These tales have carried the knowledge of our ancestors, guided our beliefs, and formed our societies.”
Talking additional on the occasion which introduced collectively individuals from over 11 international locations together with Dakar, Cotonou, Colombia, Netherlands, Cameroon, Ethiopia, UK, Germany, Brazil, France, Lebanon, Canada, Uruguay, the USA, Jos, Abuja and Kaduna, Sanwo-Olu famous that because the world evolves, Africans should additionally recognise that its narratives should additionally evolve.
He added that the theme challenged Africa to create new tales that may not solely honour its heritage, but additionally converse to the trendy African expertise, tales that embraces Nigerian range, resilience, and limitless potentials.”
Talking earlier, the state Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Tradition, Mrs Toke BensonAwoyinka, urged individuals to count on an interesting season from Oct. 26 to Nov. 3. Benson-Awoyinka mentioned people could be occupied with electrifying cultural performances, music and all, because the competition additionally centered on expertise, improvements, creativity, arts, music, dance and extra.
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