Harambee

Aug 29, 2019

What’s On The Table?: Updates on the African-American Cultural Center Staff, Programming and Events

Upcoming events and updates from the African American-Cultural Center.

Two members of the audience join hands to celebrate the community spirit at the end of Harambee! 2018, presented by the African American Cultural Center (AACC). In the background, "Mama" Toni Thorpe, the retired program coordinator of the AACC, starts the Harambee! chant. Thursday, Sept. 6. (Swathi Karthik/Staff Photographer)

Sep 7, 2018

Harambee! Honors AACC, African-American Community

Swathi Karthik/Nubian Message Yesenia Jones | Staff Writer On Thursday, Aug. 6, the African American Cultural Center hosted its annual event Harambee! in the Washington-Sankofa Room. The event created a space in which positivity along with appreciation for our ancestors consumed the atmosphere. According to Toni “Mama” Thorpe, retired AACC program coordinator, Harambee is “a time…

Drummers Kevin Ohuoba, a sophomore studying accounting,Carlos McClaney, a senior studying technology design and engineering education, and Ade Adesina, a sophomore in Exploratory Studies, perform the ceremonial welcome, Call of the Drums, during the annual Harambee celebration held in Witherspoon's Sankofa Room on Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

Sep 2, 2018

Harambee! to Welcome Incoming Scholars, Celebrate Community

Casey Johnson | Staff Writer The African American Cultural Center (AACC) will host its signature event Harambee! on September 6. Harambee!, which is Swahili for “Let us come together” and the official motto of Kenya, celebrates the new academic year by welcoming the new harvest of scholars to NC State. The event will begin at 5…

Sep 21, 2016

Harambee!! 2016 Brought Us All Together

Anahzsa Jones| Managing Editor As a third year African American student at NC State, it may seem like sacrilege that this year’s Harambee!! was my very first. It was unlike anything I’d ever experienced before. I’ve never been in a room so steeped in love, community, and African tradition. Harambee is Swahili for “let us…

Aug 29, 2012

Harambee: A Swahili Term for ‘Come Together’

Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief Japanese American artist Yuko Taylor received a warm welcome at this year’s Harambee celebration, where a reception was held in her honor Wednesday, Aug. 22. Taylor, whose artwork will remain on display in the African American Cultural Center Art Gallery until Aug. 31, came to America after meeting and falling in…