Sisters~Nineties Literary Group
observes Kwanzaa 2007


Asa Hilliard Night
Thursday, December 27, 2007, at 6 p.m.
Schlafly Branch Library, 225 N. Euclid, St. Louis.
The program begins with a sharing of information about Asa G. Hilliard, III, and the legacy he left us. We then screen a video of Hilliard's lecture "Cultural Genocide as a Tool of Armed Warfare." Discussion follows in the spirit of Kujichagulia.

Join us for ASA G. HILLIARD (Nana Baffour Amenkwatia) Night

Celebrate Kwanzaa with Sisters~Nineties and Yari Yari

Photo by Wilma Potts / © 2007 by Wilma Potts

The Poetics of Ujima
is the title of our 2007 annual Kwanzaa program

Friday, December 28, 2007, 6 p.m. at

Kingdom House
1321 S. 11th St.
St. Louis, Missouri

• Poetry from Mama Collette, Baba Senntchaas, Marie Chewe-Elliott, Antoinette Crayton, Wilma Potts, Bush Ra, and Linda Jo Smith. Special guestis Ms. Nterpretation, who will have CDs available for purchase.
  

• Art exhibit features work of Linda Darnece Jones Hawkins, KUSH, Wilma Potts, Byron D. Rogers, Yari Yari visual/graphic artist N'Dea Collins-Whitfield, Rochleigh Z. Wholfe, and others.

• Vendors include UJAMAA MAKTABA and Ken-Amen Bettis of ABORIGINALS
  

• Light refreshments served after the program, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

• This program is free and open to the public.

Kwanzaa is a celebration of family, community, and culture
for people of Afrikan descent

What Time Is It?
TIME FOR THE
S~NLG 2007 KWANZAA FAMILY WORKSHOP:
MAKING ZAWADI

The 2nd Annual
S~NLG Kwanzaa Family Workshop is
Saturday, October 27, 2007
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the

Rowan Center, 1401 Rowan
(one block east of Hamilton and Ridge)

• Kwanzaa Pillows
  
• Is’Mima Nebt’Kata Blessing Boxes
  
• Kwanzaa Wrappers
  
• Bookmarks
  
• Adinkra Magnets
  
• Kwanzaa Coloring Pages

Recommended Kwanzaa gifts (zawadi) are those that are handmade; zawadi otherwise should be a Black doll, a book, or a symbol of our heritage. Families are invited to join the fun in creating zawadi. Every hour on the hour information on observing Kwanzaa will be announced while children and parents make their zawadi.

For more information telephone 367-4223.

KWANZAA IS A CELEBRATION OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURE FOR PEOPLE OF AFRIKAN DESCENT.