25th annual Atlantic City
Library Kwanzaa program set for Dec. 1
The Atlantic City Free Public Library will celebrate
Kwanzaa with a free performance for people of all ages.
The Afro-One Dance, Drama and Drum Theatre will be the
featured performer at the library’s 25th annual celebration on Saturday, Dec.
1, at 2 p.m., at the Main Library, located at One North Tennessee Ave.
This event combines song, music, poetry and traditional
and contemporary dance with an educational element.
Dr. Patricia Reid Merritt directs Afro-One. A professor
of Social Work and African-American Studies at the Richard Stockton College of
New Jersey, Dr. Reid-Merritt has been the recipient of numerous honors and
awards, including the NAACP Freedom Award.
Afro-One was founded in 1974 and emphasizes dance,
drama and music in the African-American arts. Afro-One has performed at
schools, colleges and universities, businesses and corporations, conferences,
Kwanzaa celebrations, weddings, rites of passage, local festivals and community
events. Their past performances include presentations at Rutgers University,
Monmouth University, Penn State University, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Philadelphia Zoo, African American Historical Site at Boston,
University Museum of Pennsylvania, The College of New Jersey, Richard Stockton
College, Conference on Black Families in Urban America, Bell Labs, McGuire Air
Force Base and Fort Dix.
Kwanzaa is a holiday of African heritage and values and
is celebrated from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.
To view video clips from last year’s Kwanzaa program,
which also featured Afro-One, visit the Atlantic City’s Library’s YouTube channel
at www.youtube.com/atlanticcitylibrary.
Please call (609) 345-2269, ext. 3115, for more information.
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