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FESTAC Town

CTL-PL-0080 · Place

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Combined Graph record U-01405 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0080. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

FESTAC Town (Festival Town) is a federal housing estate and residential area in the Amuwo-Odofin local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria, about 10 km southwest of central Lagos; it was originally designed to house the participants of the Second World Festival of Black Arts and Culture (FESTAC '77), held in Lagos from January 15 to February 12, 1977 (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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FESTAC Town (Festival Town) is a federal housing estate and residential area in the Amuwo-Odofin local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria, about 10 km southwest of central Lagos; it was originally designed to house the participants of the Second World Festival of Black Arts and Culture (FESTAC '77), held in Lagos from January 15 to February 12, 1977 (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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FESTAC Town (Festival Town) is a federal housing estate and residential area in the Amuwo-Odofin local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria, about 10 km southwest of central Lagos; it was originally designed to house the participants of the Second World Festival of Black Arts and Culture (FESTAC '77), held in Lagos from January 15 to February 12, 1977 (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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