Five Unmissable Festivals

Over at CNN:
Timkat, Ethiopia
...while music festivals like Mali's Festival au Desert and Morocco's Mawazine are well known to international travelers, Africa offers much more, celebrating everything from rose harvests to religious saints.
They include:
Maralal International Camel Derby -- Kenya
Timkat -- Ethiopia
Festival of Roses -- Morocco
Ben Aissa Moussem -- Morocco
Voodoo Festival -- Benin
More here