Amaka Arts Festival

Amaka Arts Festival is a multi-disciplinary annual event that is held in Lusaka to showcase the country's creative industries, visual literary arts, and cultural heritage. The festival is the first international multi-disciplinary arts festival in the country and features five disciplines which include film, visual arts, dance, fashion and literary arts. It is designed to provide an internationally recognised market to expose the rich Zambian culture through its arts. The Amaka Arts Festival aims to develop creative industries into sustainable businesses, contributing to national development.

The event was designed to embrace culture through art with the motive to develop the creative industries into sustainable industries that will contribute to the national development. It is also a platform for cultural heritage to revive patriotism and ownership of our culture.