Week-Long Kwanzaa Celebration Centers On Unity At Detroit's Wright Museum

DETROIT (WWJ) -- With Christmas now over, the seven days of Kwanzaa starts Friday in a celebration which focuses around unity.

There are events going on all day Friday and throughout the weekend at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History on East Warren in Detroit. The Kwanzaa series will include candle-lighting ceremonies, performances, film screenings, marketplace shopping and a fashion show hosted by hip hop artist and community activist Khary Frazier.

The schedule includes:

• Friday, December 26 – 6 p.m. Umoja (Unity) in partnership with Shrine of the Black Madonna and featuring a Kwanzaa marketplace.
• Saturday, December 27 – 1 p.m. Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) in partnership with the Malcolm X Grassroots Association.
• Sunday, December 28 – 6 p.m. Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility) in partnership with Nsoroma Institute and featuring a Kwanzaa marketplace.
• Tuesday, December 30 – 6 p.m. Nia (Purpose) Liberation Film Series encore presentation of Raz Babbaa Aaron Pori Pitts: Portraits of a Revolutionary.
• Wednesday, December 31 – 5 p.m. Kuumba (Creativity) in partnership with Khary Frazier and featuring a cultural fashion show and Taste of Ethiopia samples.

Local organizations including the Shrine of the Black Madonna, the Nsoroma Institute and the Malcolm X Grassroots association have partnered with the museum to bring a collection of cultural offerings together for the series.

More information can be found at the museum's website.