Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) is a festival in Nigeria which aims to promote the diversity in Nigeria's cultural heritage hence promoting peaceful coexistence amongst Nigerians by means of art and other cultural performances.
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Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) is a festival in Nigeria which aims to promote the diversity in Nigeria's cultural heritage hence promoting peaceful coexistence amongst Nigerians by means of art and other cultural performances.
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Nigeria
Placed on record in Nigeria.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
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Chapter Takeaways
HistoryThe Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) was launched in 2009 with the aim of bringing together cultural groups from different part of the country to come together in one accord to celebrate Nigerian songs.
2018 Edition of Songs of Nigeria FestivalThe 2018 edition of Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) held on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the Shehu Yar'Adua centre in Abuja, Nigeria.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Songs of Nigeria Festival in plain words?
Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) is a festival in Nigeria which aims to promote the diversity in Nigeria's cultural heritage hence promoting peaceful coexistence amongst Nigerians by means of art and other cultural performances.
Where is Songs of Nigeria Festival practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Songs of Nigeria Festival in Nigeria.
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Cite as: "Songs of Nigeria Festival." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/songs-of-nigeria-festival, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) is a festival in Nigeria which aims to promote the diversity in Nigeria's cultural heritage hence promoting peaceful coexistence amongst Nigerians by means of art and other cultural performances. 1
History
The Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) was launched in 2009 with the aim of bringing together cultural groups from different part of the country to come together in one accord to celebrate Nigerian songs. The Executive Secretary of the Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) is Chuks Akamadu. The 10th edition of the Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) was celebrated in grand style in 2018 with a lot of innovations brought in to further bring the festival to limelight. 1
2018 Edition of Songs of Nigeria Festival
The 2018 edition of Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES) held on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the Shehu Yar'Adua centre in Abuja, Nigeria. The festival featured a lot of notable individuals and government officials, some notable people who graced the festival event includes: the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and also the wife to the first military head of state, Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi were present and scheduled to speak at the 2018 edition of the Festival. The Executive Secretary of the SONIFES, Chuks Akamadu also made it known that the 2018 edition of the festival aims to address unity in diversity and hence the theme was 'Harnessing the beauty of our diversity Seven Up Bottling company was also an official sponsor of the 2018 festival. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Songs of Nigeria Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Songs of Nigeria Festival is festival in Nigeria, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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