Date | Event | Location | Website | Description | |
July 6 - August 27 | Homowo (Yam Festival) | Accra, Ghana | The word Homowo (Homo – hunger, wo – hoot) can mean “to hoot (or jeer) at hunger” in the Ga language. The tradition of Homowo started with a period of hunger leading to famine due to failure of the seasonal rains needed by crops in the Greater Accra Region, where the Ga people predominantly dwell. When the rains returned to normal, the Ga people celebrated by creating the Homowo festival, hence its name and meaning. The celebration begins with the planting of maize, which will be used in preparing the food for the festival named Kpokpoi or Kpekple. During this period, noise making is prohibited or banned since it is believed that it disturbs the gods. The meal is eaten with Palmnut Soup and it is also sprinkled within the town. | ||
July 10 - 12 | 2024 Dane County Community Garden Summit | Madison, Wisconsin | The 2024 Dane County Community Garden Summit will be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, July 10, 11 and 12. Sessions will begin at 5:30 and 7:30, with lunch at 6:30. The Badger Rock Neighborhood Center Community Gardens, the Madison School Farm and the Troy Grounds are the sites of this year’s Summit. The event is hosted by Rooted WI, UW-Madison Extension Dane County, and participating community gardens. The dinners each night will be included with the cost of registration. We invite gardeners and community garden organizers from Dane County and beyond to come learn, teach, and share in the community gardening community. | ||
July 20 | African American Cultural Expo and Children's Book Fair | Capital Clubhouse; 3033 Waldorf Market, Waldorf, MD. 20603 | The African American Cultural Expo and Book Festival is a celebration of cultural arts, community, creativity, and literacy. The expo features music, arts & crafts, storytelling, children's book authors, cultural arts vendors, and fun for the entire family. | ||
July 26 | 2024 Model Farm Field Day (Armstrong Farms) | 5821 Mer Rouge Collinston Road, Bastrop, LA. 71220 | Hosted By: Ashley Armstrong, 4th generation farmer – Armstrong Farms Focus Group: Corn, Rice, & Soybeans Registration Time: July 26, 2024 7am-8am Rooming & Booking: Hampton Inn & Suites; 5100 Frontage Road, Monroe, LA; 318-343-6910 Book by July 4th; Booking code: | ||
August 23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade | This International Day is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples. In accordance with the goals of the intercultural project "The Routes of Enslaved Peoples", it should offer an opportunity for collective consideration of the historic causes, the methods and the consequences of this tragedy, and for an analysis of the interactions to which it has given rise between Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean. | |||
August 29 - 30 | 2024 Model Farm Field Day (James Farms) | 25 Flint River School Road, Montezuma, GA. 31063 | Hosted By: Ashley Armstrong, 4th generation farmer – Armstrong Farms Focus Group: Corn, Rice, & Soybeans Registration Time: July 26, 2024 7am-8am Rooming & Booking: Hampton Inn & Suites; 5100 Frontage Road, Monroe, LA; 318-343-6910 Book by July 4th; Booking code: | ||
September 14 | 34th Kunte Kinte Heritage Festival | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium; Annapolis, Maryland | In September 1987, the Kunta Kinte Celebration was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Now known as the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival, the festival is a celebration of the perseverance, education, and cultural heritage of Africans, African Americans, and Caribbean people of African descent. The festival is a volunteer-run event organized by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Kunta Kinte Celebrations, Inc. |
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