Elaborate costumes, blaring music and vibrant processions took over Nigeria's Lagos Island on Monday as the annual Fanti Carnival hit the streets. The festivities have lit up Lagos' financial hub for ...

On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, the Lagos Fanti Carnival returns, bringing the streets of Lagos to life with a vibrant celebration of Afro-Brazilian heritage and the unique culture of Lagos Island.

The Lagos State Government has announced the return of the Fanti Carnival, a historic cultural festival set to hold on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, at the Remembrance Arcade, Tafawa Balewa Square.

Lagos Island celebrated the legacy of formerly enslaved Africans who migrated back to Nigeria from countries including Brazil and Cuba in the 1800s. Many Afro-Brazilian returnees settled in Lagos, ...

Lagos Island burst into life on Sunday as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, alongside his wife, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, led the city in celebrating the return of the Lagos Fanti Carnival, a vibrant showcase of ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Thousands of revelers flooded Nigeria's Lagos for the annual Lagos Fanti Carnival, celebrating the Afro-Brazilian heritage of the “Aguda” or the formerly enslaved people who returned ...

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