Titilayo Bediako
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- Two decades of Kwanzaa celebration at local school
MPR’s Brandt Williams reports on Lyndale Community School’s Kwanzaa celebration. Twenty years ago, Titilayo Bediako, a Minneapolis public school teacher started telling her students about Kwanzaa - the week-long African centered celebration of black heritage and values which begins the day after Christmas. She discovered that the underlying principles of the non-religious holiday resonated with students from diverse backgrounds. Now that early classroom lesson has grown into an institution which hosts an annual musical Kwanzaa recognition.
- Multi-cultural performance celebrates Kwanzaa
MPR’s Brandt Williams reports on local Kwanzaa event where hundreds of proud parents, children, and friends gathered at Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis to watch a student-led Kwanzaa program.
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