Ms. Afrika Abney gave away this dance outfit many years ago.
She appeared with the Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers for
Kwanzaa Celebration held at Plymouth. Photos credit by
Kelechukwu Onyenolachi
Imani Night Celebration, Kwanzaa 2010/2011
Information and Flyers posted widely on social media by Ms.
Afrika Abney from 2009 - 2015.
From 1970s - 2015, Ms. Afrika Abney celebrated Kwanzaa. She
stopped celebrating Kwanzaa because she learned that the creator
of the holiday, Dr. Karenga was a rapist and criminal.
Ms. Abney does not advocate nor support this type of African American
holiday that advocates sexual abuse towards women. She was disappointed to
learn about this history on her own in 2015 as supposed to told the truth about
the holiday.
Despite, learning about this, she had the opportunity to be apart of many
Kwanzaa events in the past.
7 Day Citywide Kwanzaa Calender of Events for the DMV. 2010/2011
UMOJA (UNITY) SUN. DEC. 26
• The Annual Candle-lighting, Children Presentations & Afrocenteric
Academic Challenge. Dinner Sale & Afrikan Marketplace sponsored by UBC
& LCPAN. 3:00pm until 6:00pm at Roots, 15 Kennedy St NW.
Call (202) 526-4039 or (202) 529·3635.
• Odwira Ancestral Akon Kwanzaa Celebration by THE TEMPLE OF
NYAME at 949 Bonifant St, Silver Spring, MD 2pm to 6pm. Call (202)678-3100
for info.
• African Heritage Dancers & Drummers Umoja Night Celebration.
7:00 to 8:30 P.M. Free to the Public. 1320 Good Hope Rd. S.E.
Info. 202-399-5252
KUJICHAGULIA (SELF- DETERMINATION) MON. DEC. 27
• Kwanzaa Candle-lighting Celebration & program by the
Ausar Auset Society and Ideal PCS .
The event will focus on health as a dynamic and transformative force
impacting the stability of the African family. Children activities, vending, and
food will be available. Location: 100 Peabody St. NW. (6:30pm-9:30pm).
Call 202-723-5566.
•Global Citizenship for African People Realized - An Evening of
Kujichagulia. The Government of the UNIA-ACL.
1320 Good Hope Rd. S.E., WDC. 6pm - 10pm.
This event is FREE. African Market Place and Dinner available for purchase
Call 1-866-496-8456 for Info.
UJIMA (COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY) TUES. DEC 28
• Kwanzaa Program & Candle-lighting Service by House of Ra,
Afi Soul and Friends. Hip-Hop, Go Go. Neo-Soul and Poetry. 7:15pm,
Bohemian Caverns, 2001 11th St., NW (11th & U Sts.), Wash., DC. Free
Admission. Call (202) 436-6466 or (202) 299-0800.
• Kwanzaa Candle-lighting Celebration & Program at St. Michael’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church. 700 Saint Michael’s Drive, Mitchellville, MD
at 7:30 pm. Call (301) 249-6222.
UJAMAA (COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS) WEDS. DEC. 29
• The Annual Ujamaa Kwanzaa Candle-lighting Celebration &
Program. Including the dramatic production: "Kwanzaa Yenu Iwe Na
Heri" (May Y’all’s Kwanzaa Be Filled With Happiness),
Ujamaa Dancers & Drummers and vegetarian food.
Ujamaa Shule at 8th & Q St. NW, Wash., DC at 7:00pm. Call (202) 232-2997.
NIA (PURPOSE) THURS. DEC. 30
• Candle-lighting and Kwanzaa Program Universal
Improvement through ReAfricanization and Nation
Building by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and
African Communities League, Woodson Banneker-Jackson Bey Division 330.
Guest speakers will include an African Priest of the Akan Tradition,
Dr. Mwangaza Bandele and Elements 4 Nature - producers of products
developed by Dr. George Washington Carver and Dr. Austin Curtis. Also
included will will be an African Market Place, Spoken Word by Evergreen
Productions, Pan African Feast and a Children’s Village from 6:00 P.M.
until 9:00 P.M. at the Tree of Life Community Public Charter School,
2315 18th Place, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20018. Free Admission.
For More information call (202) 398-2121or (202) 529-3635.
KUUMBA (CREATIVITY) FRI. DEC. 31
• 41st Annual Kwanzaa Children’s Party at Nation House,
770 Park Road NW, Wash., DC 1:00-3:00 pm. Sponsored by Kwanzaa
Children’s Party, Inc. and Temple of Nyame, for children age 3 -12.
Adult must accompany children. Featuring the Kuumba Arts Korner,
Baba Lasana, and dancing & drumming. Call (202) 363 5887,
(202) 390 3164 or (240) 832-7203.
• Community Resources, Inc. presents the premier of the
documentary film on the first African centered school in
Washington, DC: The New School for African American Thought.
The film is called Under the Radar: The story of the most important
DC educational institution that you probably did not know existed .
6:00 PM at Umoja House, 2015 Bunker Hill Rd. NE. Call (202) 526-4039.
• Karamu (Feast) sponsored by UBC. Candle-lighting Service, poetry,
music, dancing, lots of food and fun. Bring a wholesome natural food dish
to share. Umoja House, 2015 Bunker Hill Rd. NE. 8:00 pm until.
Call (202) 526-4039 or (240) 832-7203.
IMANI (FAITH) SAT. JAN. 1
• Annual Free the Land Annual Kwanzaa 3.1 - 5 mile
Fun Run/Walk/Bike. 12 noon, Lake Artemisia Park, Berwyn Rd. and
55th Ave, Greenbelt, MD. Call (202) 355-2562.
• Kwanzaa Imani Celebration and African Consciousness Award
Presentation.Cosponsored by UBC and ADACI. Performance by
Malcolm X Dancers & Drummers, presentation by noted spiritual leaders
and the presentation of this year’s African Consciousness Award:
Mama Sala Damali. At Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301 N
Capitol St NE, Washington D.C., 7:00pm. Call (202) 526-4039,
(202) 529-3635 or (240) 832-7203.