December 30, 2026
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Imani Amos, Co-Founders of Chi-Village, the organization that puts on the event each year, says the tradition brings generations of people together, “I’ve been coming here since I was a little kid and I’m sure I’ll be doing this until I’m an elder like the elders that I have around me here.”
The week-long African holiday focuses on seven principles: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.
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