Onitsha Ofala: Globacomβs 9 Years Of Cultural Fanfare
November 5, 2019
8:20 am
InΒ leaps and bounds, the Onitsha Ofala celebration has grown over the years to become one of the biggest traditional festivals in Black Africa, and, unarguably, the biggest festival in South East Nigeria. The recent success story of Ofala is attributable, to a large extent, to the ingenuity of the giant telecommunications network, Globacom, which has in the past nine years supported the festival as the major corporate sponsor, and the innovativeness of the custodian of the festival, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe.
The uniqueness of Ofala is not only embedded in the razzmatazz that characterises the …
