Ogun State Government partners Wole Soyinka for third edtion of drums festival

The festival promises to be the best that has happened in the whole of Africa and beyond.

The drums festival is expected to have 17 troups from African countries , 60 private troups with an attendance from 20 other states.

According to Mrs.Yetunde Onanuga" This year's edition will be bigger and better and has assumed an international dimension. A conference/workshop and exhibition will be conveyed by Prof. Soyinka at the Olumo Rock Tourist Complex. This will further contexualise the festival for better understanding and part of the side attraction is an endurance trek tagged Walking for the Drum. The festival promises to be the best that has happened in the whole of Africa and beyond."

Drum for Africans is a symbol of loyality, and companionship. Drums are an important part of Africa's sound future. Drum celebrates Africa's wealth and mobilizes patriots to war. The festival aims to retell the story of African drum culture and praises its strength to promote and protect its legacy. The theme of, "Reviving our culture in drums" will be followed in the Annual Drums Festival. Wole Soyinka will grace the event on the 20th April at Olumo Rock tourist complex. On the next day, there will be grand finale and the closing ceremony.

"Other attractions for the festival will be an endurance trek which will come up on the 17th of April with the theme: 'Walking for drum'. The road will be made known to all. The festival promises to be the best ever that has ever happened in the whole of Africa and beyond. I urge you all to be part of the festival. Let the drums roll." According to the Governor Ibikunle Amosun, the festival will take in the third week of April. The festival is expected to start from 19th and will go on till 21st April.

According to the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, "Africans have a rich culture. We have drums that predate African civilizations and this is what makes Africans to be great. The drum is very important beyond entertainment. Indeed, I want to relate it to or maybe, situate it with what the social media is as important to us as with what drums did then. In the days of our forebears, it was the drums they used to disseminate information to talk about one another; that they used during wars; even to say something that was about to happen. They have social drums."