Annual Kuumba Village/Kwanzaa 2022

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Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 2021

Akbar Watson, Sharon Blake

On Monday, December 26, Kuumba Village (“formerly Make-A-Gift Village”) will welcome families to celebrate the holidays by making their own gifts and enjoying live music, art activities, storytelling for children, and food. The Kuumba Village will be held outside on the museum grounds, 170 NW 5th Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444.

Continuing a tradition established in 2020, Kuumba Village will be held in conjunction with the annual Kwanzaa Celebration.

Kwanzaa is a Pan-African holiday designed to strengthen and celebrate the best of African culture and heritage. Umoja (“unity” in Swahili) is one of the seven Kwanzaa principles practiced by the Spady Museum that makes this celebration vibrate with cultural appeal. Five community-minded organizations come together to infuse the Kwanzaa celebration with all of the seven principles for a rich and memorable experience. Unity, a concept that was kept away from African Americans during the founding of our country, is an important principle to learn, adopt and practice. (Learn more about Kwanzaa here: https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/seven-principles-kwanzaa)

The Spady Museum will condense the week-long celebration into an afternoon of community observation. Be a part of the reaffirmation of the individual, culture, family and environment.

The Kwanzaa Celebration is hosted by Spady Museum in collaboration with the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., the Sankofa Study Group, Pyramid Books, Kwanzaa 365 Live.