Join us on Saturday, December 12th, from 3-5 pm for a virtual program on Kwanzaa. The Kwanzaa Experience celebrates the gathering of people during the seven-day period from December 26 to January 1. Its roots are in the African idea of harvest gathering.  

 

Storyteller, musician, actress, and author Elisha Minter explains the seven principles, or “Nguzo Saba,” demonstrates the symbols that give meaning to each day’s celebration, emphasizes the holiday’s focus on the central ideas of African health and wholeness, and leads participants in a discussion on the concepts of each principle.

 

Elisha T. “Mother” Minter is a graduate of UNC-Charlotte holding a BA in African American and African Studies. She has an extensive background in music and theater and currently works at the Beatties Ford Road Library in Charlotte as a Youth Program Specialist and Informational Specialist. She is also the Coordinator for the library’s training and storytelling staff development component, Frontline Storytellers, an award winning local and national program.

 

Please contact the Library at chathamlibrariesnc@gmail.com for virtual meeting instructions and details.

 

This program is free and open to the public and is funded by the generous support of the Friends of the Chatham Community Library.