HABARI GANI? UMOJA!!!
For the first day of Kwanzaa we will be re-broadcasting our international special featuring guests from across the Afrikan world (Afrika, Caribbean, Europe) as we strive to maintain UMOJA in the Global Afrikan Family, Community, Nation and Race.
KWANZAA YENU IWE NA HERI!!!
(Have a Happy & Fruitful Kwanzaa)
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KWANZAA UK EVENTS 2022
UMOJA (Unity) 26th Dec (1st day)
Pan-African Congress Movement (PACM)
5pm to 8pm – Online via Zoom
Info/Stalls 07510 249 828
UJIMA (Collective Work & Responsibility) 28th Dec (3rd day)
Afruika Bantu Saturday School
4pm-8pm, St Martin’s Community Centre, Abbots Park, Upper Tulse Hill, SW2 3QB. Recommended donations on entry – £5 under 20 FREE. Info/stalls: 07903 012 757 / Email: Abssgb17@gmail.com
Harambee Organisation of Black Unity
Kwanzaa Workshop, 10am-4pm, Marcus Garvey Centre 97-99 Linwood Road Birmingham B21 9JH. £5.98. For more information and to book: https://OBUKwanzaa.eventbrite.co.uk.
PACM/African-Caribbean Self Help Organization
6pm-10pm, Upstairs Auditorium Legacy Centre of Excellence, 144 Potters Lane, Birmingham, B6 4UU. FREE (contributions welcome). Info: 07939 241 650.
NIA (Purpose) 30th Dec (5th day)
John Lynch Afrikan Education Programme
2pm to 10pm, Malcolm X Community Centre, 141 City Road, Bristol BS2 8YH
Rebirth Of The Griot
6pm-10pm, Tottenham Community Sports Centre, N17 8AD, Entry: Donation (Children FREE). Info: 07985 229 269/07950 253 240.
PACM
6.30pm-10pm, Heritage Centre, Clifford Street, Wolverhampton, WV6 0AA, FREE (contributions welcome). Info: 07546 952 955.
IMANI (Faith) 1st Jan (7th day)
PACM
4pm-9pm, 74 Carmoor Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, M13 0FB. Donations welcome. Info: 07884 444 080. Stalls: 07481 146 027
we ask the question:
KWANZAA: Why should we celebrate? INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL
Our Special Guests:
Bro. Ldr. Mbandaka: Resident guest who is Spiritual Leader of the Alkebu-Lan Revivalist Movement and an Afrikan-Centered Education Consultant. Bro. Ldr is a veteran activist of nearly 40 years standing, a featured columnist in The Whirlwind newspaper and author of Mosiah Daily Affirmations and Education: An African-Centred Approach To Excellence.
Sis. Nkechi Taifa: Sis. Nkechi is an activist, organiser and award-winning attorney. She is Founder, Principal and CEO of The Taifa Group LLC, a social enterprise firm whose mission is to advance justice. She is also a founding member of N’COBRA, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America. Sis. Nkechi, has been an elementary school teacher at NationHouse Watoto School from 1977-1980, and as founder and director of a Saturday School for youth during the 1970s. and the author of children books for, Shining Legacy, The Adventures of Kojo and Ama and Three Tales of Wisdom. Her best-seller memoir, Black Power Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice was published in 2020 and her latest book Reparations on Fire will be launched at a Kwanzaa/Birthday celebration on December 29th 2022 (https://mailchi.mp/thetaifagroup/nkechi-taifas-birthday-kwanzaa-book-launch-celebration?e=aalbc).
Baba Buntu (Amani Olubanjo Buntu): founder and Executive Director of Ebukhosini Solutions a community development capacity building organisation based in Azania (South Africa), specialising in cultural events, education, training, production, management and social entrepreneurship (https://www.facebook.com/ebukhosinisolutions/)
Sis. Khanyisa Mhlongo: is a “Kwanzaa Harvester” and one of the organizers of the Ebukhosini Solutions event.
Sis. Kenya Malinke Mansaray: is the co-founder and chairwoman of the Black Star Action Network International (BSANI). She is also a social entrepreneur, international organizer, women’s empowerment activist and holistic healer. In addition to her contributions to BSANI she serves as the International Ambassador for Gullah Nation of North America (GNONA) and lady president of Peters-Blyden-Johnson UNIA-ACL Freetown Division #717. (http://bsani.org/)
Chief Foday Ajamu Mansaray: is the founder and executive director of the Black Star Action Network International (BSANI) and has dedicated 20 years of his life as a community activist and international organizer to the cause of Pan-Afrikan unity, liberation and economic emancipation for Afrika and Afrikan people; those at home and throughout the diaspora. He repatriated to Sierra Leone in 2013 where his notable work the launching of an annual “Be Clean Campaign” to address the sanitation and hygiene dilemma in the country’s capital city and draw attention to the scarcity of portable water. Foday is also a Paramount Chief of the Gullah Nation of North America (GNONA) and President of the Peters-Blyden-Johnson UNIA-ACL Freetown Division #717. He believes in balanced gendered leadership and that is integral to overall struggle. (http://bsani.org/)
Bro. Leachim Tufani Semaj: is based in Kingston Jamaica and is a Quantum Transformation Psychologist and award-winning teacher. He is also a Motivational and Keynote Speaker, Creative Thinker and Problem Solver. Presenter and facilitator for Change Management, Leadership Training, Strategic Planning Retreats, Organizational Restructuring, Cultural and Work/Values Alignment, Work/Life Balance, Corporate Coaching and Demystifying complex concepts that impact people’s lives. A unique ability to impact persons at all levels of education and competence.
Bro. Imani Nassor: is a senior member of the Pan-African Congress Movement, an organization largely regarded as popularising Kwanzaa in the UK and who are organizing events in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester and online this year..