Kunta Kinte Festival Returns After Year-Long Hiatus

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival volition instrumentality to City Dock this play for its 31st year.

The festival celebrating the perseverance, acquisition and taste practice of Africans, African Americans and Caribbean radical of African descent is coming backmost aft a year-long hiatus successful airy of the pandemic.

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The yearly festival is acceptable for 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. connected Saturday. It volition diagnostic art, euphony creation and food, including much than 100 vendors and 3 unrecorded show spaces. The champion portion is, admittance is free.

In Alex Haley’s seminal novel, “Roots: The Saga of An American Family,” Kunta Kinte is the protagonist. He was 1 of 98 enslaved radical brought to Annapolis connected the vessel Lord Ligonier successful 1767, according to the novel. Kinte ne'er mislaid show of his African practice adjacent aft spending years successful bondage.

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“His acquisition symbolizes the conflict of each taste groups to sphere their taste heritage,” organizers said successful their announcement.

Parking Details

Parking volition beryllium closed astatine City Dock and Donner Lot opening Saturday greeting and for the duration of the Festival. Free festival parking tin beryllium recovered astatine the Calvert Street Garage astatine 19 St. Johns Street. A shuttle volition tally from the country of Calvert and Clay Streets astatine Whitmore Park, down to the festival astatine the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley memorial statue.

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COVID-19 Protocols:

This year’s festival volition beryllium an in-person lawsuit that volition beryllium simulcast/live-streamed on Facebook and Instagram and here. 

CBS Baltimore Staff