Come to Calder Plaza this weekend for authentic African food, music, dance performances, artwork and even a fashion show ...

College grad goes viral with celebratory dance after ceremony canceled: 'I was going to celebrate no matter what' "I was always the kid who was dancing," Chance Kennedy said.

Pictured are drummers from the Kuungana African Drum and Dance Company performing in 2019 at the African American Arts and Music Festival at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Grand Rapids.

Kwanzaa is traditionally celebrated Dec. 26 through Jan. 1. But this dance performance, returning after last year's pandemic hiatus, is about more than just seasonal festivities.

Dance has always played an integral cultural role in African societies. Whether it is at a funeral or wedding ceremony, birthday or circumcision event, political or religious rally, Africa has ...

The closing ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. on Feb. 28 at City Hall and include performances by Victoria Wedley, the Jackson Central-Merry Dance Team, and the Destiny Church Choir.

People cheer during the performance of Senegalese singer Viviane Chidid at the Afrima, All Africa Music Awards at the Dakar Arena in Diamniadio, Senegal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) ...

“In addition to African, we would also learn Caribbean dance. We were learning [African American] dance styles from the 1940s and 1920s,” Wilkins says.

People were invited to what used to be the Chattahoochee Brick Company on Saturday at 1 p.m. for their 2nd Annual Sacred Ceremony held at 3195 Brick Plant Road, Atlanta.

Newport News honors influential African Americans By honoring their legacies and amplifying their stories, the ceremony hopes to inspire others to break barriers with their own talents and voices.