Abuja to host 3rd African Weaving Festival

By Stanley Onyekwere

The FCT Department of Culture and African Weaving Festival has concluded arrangements for the third edition of African Weaving Festival (AWef) 2025.
This year’s edition with the theme “”African Indigenous Fabrics : A Tool for Culture Diplomacy and Unity “ is to commence Friday, 14th November 2025 at Cyprian Ekwensi Cultural Centre, Area 10, Garki, Abuja.
In a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on the three-day event, the Executive Director, S&M, FCT Department of Culture and African Weaving Festival, Mr. Sam Agbi said the event is to celebrates Africa’s rich textile heritage and highlights the role of indigenous fabrics in promoting cultural identity, creativity, and continental unity.
Agbi stated that beyond its cultural significance, AWeF 2025 would also contribute to tourism development by attracting visitors, exhibitors, and cultural enthusiasts from across Africa and the diaspora.
He explained that the festival would equally provide a vibrant platform for showcasing Nigeria’s cultural tourism potential — encouraging heritage preservation, craft-based entrepreneurship, and cross-border cultural exchange.
According to him, effective participation of stakeholders would further promote Nigerian arts, culture, and tourism as vital tools for national development and international cooperation.
While soliciting the cooperation and support of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, towards ensuring the success of the three days event, Mr. Agbi added that the FCT Department of Culture and African Weaving Festival would continue to embark on programmes that would revamp the nation’s cultural sector towards enhancing peace, unity and national economic development.