Due to the threat of inclement weather the Universal African Festival, being held from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday in Springwood Avenue Park, will run its award ceremony from 3 to 5 pm, organizers have announced. Sponsored by the Zamir Ahsaad A. Dunbar Foundation, the multicultural event is a celebration of heritage, culture and history […]

Saturday’s Universal African Heritage Festival marked the return of a cultural celebration that left the city close to 20 years ago, said founder BiBi Bennett, a special needs educator in the Asbury Park School District. “This was something I felt needed to come back to the community, especially for the children,” Bennett said. “I find […]

A new festival celebrating African and African-American cultural heritage will make its debut Aug. 5 at Springwood Avenue Park. The inaugural Universal African Heritage Festival is being held to encourage cross-cultural communication among communities, artists, youth and all others interested in various forms of culture and art from Africa and its Diaspora, organizers said in […]