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This year the festival marks 50 years of providing a platform for experimentation, protest, collaboration, celebration and expression.

The National Arts Festival in Makhanda is an annual celebration of the arts on this continent. Artists and audiences engage and create unique cultural experiences.A scene out of ‘SELEKANE’ at the 2024 National Arts Festival on Day 09 on June 28, 2024 in Makhanda, South Africa.A scene out of ‘The Last Country’.

Festival attendees enjoy the sunset at the Monument during the official welcoming ceremony at the 2024 National Arts Festival on Day 01.Justice Albie Sachs during a walkabout for the exhibition ‘A Luta Continua: Reflecting on 30 years of democracy through Constitutional Court Art Collection’.The Sundowner Concert. This show takes place in the Monument Atrium every evening of the festival at 5pm, is a showcase of various performances happening in the NAF Fringe programme.

 

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