Yoruba Arts Festival

The Yoruba Arts festival first started in 2009 as an annual festival to celebrate the rich, vibrant and colorful arts and culture of the Yoruba's in London, UK. Its first event was in 2010 in Clissold Park Hackney London, where has existed since its inception.

2nd day of Yoruba Arts Festival, London, Clissold park, 2015 (raining day)

The Yoruba's are a people predominantly from Western Nigeria who over time migrated to other parts of West Africa to Togo, Benin, Ghana, Senegal, Mali and Sierra-Leone and Liberia. They are also the largest group of people taken during the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade holocaust to the West Indies and Latin America where their culture, traditions and belief systems have stood the test of time and are still being practiced. The Yoruba IFA/Orisa belief system created the foundation for new age religions such as Santeria, Umbanda and Lucumi. As a global culture, the Yorubas remain linked around the world through language, history, art, music as well as the belief and practice of IFA/ Orisa.

In the UK, the Yoruba's are the largest group of people from outside Nigeria and Africa who have made important contributions to their communities and local governments in education, sports, medicine, business, religion, media, politics and charitable causes.

The 9th edition of the festival returns to Clissold Park, Hackney, London on Saturday the 21st and Sunday 22nd of July 2018 celebrating the rich, colorful and vibrant Arts and Culture of the Yoruba's from around the world. Featuring Cultural performances, Workshops, Arts and crafts, Competitions, African Market, African food and live music from artists and bands showcasing the wide variety of popular Yoruba music such as Afrobeats, Juju, Highlife, Apala and Jazz.[1]

The Yoruba Arts festival returns for its 10th year at Clissold Park in October 2019. The festival will be held during the Black History month to celebrate not only Yoruba Arts and Culture but the contributions and achievements of African Arts and Culture in the UK. The event will feature Cultural performances, workshops, African Arts and Crafts market, traditional African food and live music from local and international bands performing a variety of African, Nigerian and Yoruba music. The annual festival is organised, produced and funded by the Yoruba Foundation, a UK registered non-profit charity whose main objectives are to promote Yoruba Arts and Culture through free community and charitable programs.

References
  1. "Yoruba Arts Festival Returns to Clissold Park, Hackney London". ASIRI Magazine. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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