WorldBeat Cultural Center Presents
38th Annual KWANZAA Celebration
Guest Speakers, Presenters and Performers TBA
Also Featuring
Traditional Afrikan Libiations, Drum Call, Karamu- Traditional Feast, Kwanzaa Poetry by Johnnierenee Nia Nelson
MC by Master of Ceremonies Tufuku Kalnji
Program Begins at 6:30PM
Free Event For All
For years African Americans have been at a very crucial state with violence as a public health problem. Today though, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that the number one leading cause of death of African Americans is Heart Disease, followed by Cancer and Stroke. For this reason, the 35th annual Kwanzaa Celebration is dedicated to the public health of San Diego’s Black communities.
Kwanzaa is an African American Holiday celebrated from the 26th of December to the 1st of January. WorldBeat Center will be celebrating 5 of the 7 days of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called “the first-fruits” celebrations which were times of harvest, in gathering, reverence, commemoration, re-commitment and celebration.
Kwanzaa is a celebration that has its roots in the black nationalist movement of the 1960s, and was established as a means to help African Americans reconnect with their African cultural and historical heritage by uniting in meditation and study of African traditions and Nguzu Saba, the “seven principles of African Heritage” which Karenga said “is a communitarian African philosophy”.