Celebrate Fayetteville: Exploring the Greater Fayetteville Region

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F E S T I V A L
The Umoja Festival is a family festival
with an emphasis on African-American
heritage that features storytellers, artists,
dancers, drummers, vendors and music. The
award-winning festival is held annually in
Seabrook Park.
The Umoja Festival is held by the Umoja
Group, Inc., a Fayetteville based nonprofit
organization that has been organizing in the
community for over twenty years, and holds
other events throughout the year. The word
Umoja is a KiSwahili word for “UNITY.” The
Umoja Group, Inc. is an organization that
supports activities that promote the positive
history, arts and culture of Africans, African
Americans and Caribbeans. The vision of the
organization is to strive for and maintain unity
in the family, community, nation and race.
In 1989, Dorothy E. Fielder, Dr. Kwami
Tuprah and others started the Umoja Group
with a vision of living in unity, raising their
children to appreciate their African heritage
and affecting the community with those
acceptable cultural values.
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Top: Dorothy E. Fielder is the heart and soul of the Umoja Festival.
Above: A high school marching band performs during the Umoja Festival.
Left: Raffles and fundraisers support group projects and scholarships.
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