The Knoxville Kwanzaa Collective celebrates its 10th anniversary as it hosts several events to celebrate Kwanzaa this year. Kwanzaa is an annual, week-long, non-religious, cultural celebration of ...

Kwanzaa is a seven-day celebration created in the 1960s during the civil rights movement that focuses on cultivating and appreciating the lives of African Americans, their past and present. The ...

THE cross rhythmic beat of chinyambera and dinhe drums, vibrant traditional attire and energetic dance performances filled the air at Panyatsime Culture and Heritage Centre in Chitungwiza on May 25, ...

Kwanzaa begins that day after Christmas — Friday, Dec. 26 — and runs through Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Is Kwanzaa a federal holiday? Kwanzaa is not recognized as an official federal holiday, which means ...

“Kwanzaa tells us we are the harvest our ancestors dreamed of and the seeds of new worlds not yet born.” - Dr. Reiland Rabaka In this powerful and timely episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, ...

The festival brings together communities across the African diaspora, reminding all who attend that “if you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know where you’re going.” More than 25 countries ...

The African-American Research Library and Cultural Center on Saturday will celebrate Kwanzaa. The 2025 Kwanzaa Community Celebration, titled “Africa Rising: Celebrating Heritage, Building Futures” ...

ABILENE, TX — The sounds, sights, and flavors of Africa filled the air for the Celebration of Africa on Sunday afternoon. Countless residents enjoyed a church service at the Episcopal of the Heavenly ...

African film festivals were once quite rare, but in the past decades they’ve been growing in the continent and mushrooming around the world. A recent open access book explores these events through ...

Every December in Nigeria and Ghana a giant party takes place, unfolding in a whirlwind of concerts, festivals, weddings, art shows, dress-ups, meet-ups and travel. Locals and diaspora west Africans ...

SAGINAW, MI — In the footprint of a demolished school’s property, Alexis Thomas finds joy in the memories of learning about African culture. And she plans to make more memories there — for her and her ...