The Nkpokiti cultural dance group was created in 1959 at Umunze, Anambra State by Chief Festus Okoli (AKA Ojimgba). This unique cultural group mesmerized their audience with their outlandish and unique dance steps cum stunts. They were and still are a joy to watch in and out of season.
They rightfully conquered their local adversaries in dance competitions with their incredible stunts, acrobatic and electrifying dance steps, which have remained their trademark.
When the states of the federation converged in Lagos in 1970, at Lagos to celebrate the end of the civil war, the Nkpokiti group, seized the opportunity to take their exploits to another level by clinching the first position and by extension, the 3,000 pounds and a gold gong set aside for the winners of the exhibition. They went on to repeat that feat for an umpteenth time in subsequent editions.
Thereafter, the state government (Anambra) adopted the dance group as the state’s representatives in cultural dance competitions.
wing to their incessant triumphs in national competitions, the Nigerian government decided to make them the countries ambassadors at world level. In the year 1978, courtesy of The Satin Sheen Company, in the time of Franca Afebua, Nkpokiti competed at Wembley, England, where they successfully beat off competitions from other cultural dance groups of the globe and returned to Nigeria with the ‘’world cup’’. That feat established them as the as the greatest cultural dance group in the universe.
The Nkpokiti cultural dance group have been to all parts of the world except Australia. Their image is On the back of the 5 Naira note. The group is simply amazing! If you are yet to watch them perform, you are on a long thing!
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