Veritable Display of Culture, Togetherness

The organiser of the Limbe Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC), Motanga Andrew Monjimba has saluted the population of Limbe who disobeyed lockdown, ghost towns and threats from separatists to attend their cultural festival. He pointed out that enough is enough with some faceless and unmandated individuals dictating to them on how to run their businesses, what to do with their children’s education and their lives in general.

Motanga was addressing thousands of Limbe inhabitants on Saturday April 6, 2019, who had turned out at the Limbe Community Field to celebrate the sixth edition of FESTAC. “Limbe FESTAC is by the people, Limbe FESTAC is for the people and Limbe FESTAC belongs to the people. Limbe FESTAC is a vivid manifestation of the peaceful coexistence of all our cultures and tribes in Limbe.

Nobody can deprive the people of Limbe their FESTAC, not today, not in the forseeable future,” he said while adding that Limbe is for peace, Limbe wants peace and Limbe shall do whatever it takes for peace to reign in its town. South West Governor, Bernard Okalia Bilai sitting in for the Minister of Arts and Culture, Pierre Ismael Bidoung Kpwatt recalled how the people of Limbe live in harmony. And that FESTAC has come to strengthen the bond. Given that the people of Limbe have said no to ghost towns and lockdowns then go about their businesses unperturbed, Okalia Bilai said that Limbe deserves the respect of the entire nation.

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