The seven-day celebration of Kwanzaa begins worldwide on Monday, and the Birmingham area has its own annual festival of events. Kwanzaa incorporates seven different principles celebrating African culture: umoja/unity; kujichagulia/self-determination; ujima/collective work and responsibility; ujamaa/cooperative economy; denied/goal; kuumba/creativity; and imani/faith. The celebrations take place over a week beginning on December 26, with a main celebrated each day. Birmingham Kwanzaa events are scheduled from tonight. : December 29 at 6 p.m. Omega Psi Phi 9 Fraternity House, 804 84th Street West, Birmingham. Kuumba: December 31 at 6 p.m. Crescent Cultural Community Center, 1121 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest, Birmingham. morning at 3 p.m. 820 22nd Street North, Bessemer. Emancipation Day: January 1 at 3 p.m. 3816 Ellis Avenue Southwest, Birmingham.
The seven-day celebration of Kwanzaa begins worldwide on Monday, and the Birmingham area has its own annual festival of events.
Kwanzaa incorporates seven different principles celebrating African culture: umoja/unity; kujichagulia/self-determination; ujima/collective work and responsibility; ujamaa/cooperative economy; denied/goal; kuumba/creativity; and imani/faith.
The celebrations take place over a week beginning on December 26, with a main celebrated each day.
the BirminghamKwanzaa events are scheduled starting tonight.
Umoja: December 26 at 6 p.m.
Crescent Cultural Community Center, 1121 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest, Birmingham.
Ujima: December 28 at 6 p.m.
East Lake United Methodist Church, 7753 1st Avenue South, Birmingham.
Ujamma: December 29 at 6 p.m.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Home 9, 804 84th Street West, Birmingham.
Kuumba: 31 Dec. at 18 o’clock
Crescent Cultural Community Center, 1121 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest, Birmingham.
Imani Day: January 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
820 22nd Street North, Bessemer.
Emancipation Day: January 1 at 3 p.m.
3816 Ellis Avenue South West, Birmingham.
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