Sept. 25-Oct. 5
MOJA Arts Festival, Multiple locations | Sept. 25-Oct. 5 | Celebrate African-American and Caribbean arts and culture through music, dance, visual arts, storytelling, and more at this vibrant festival.
MOJA stands for "one" in Swahili, and is the name of an annual arts festival in Charleston, South Carolina. The festival celebrates the contributions of African Americans and people of Caribbean heritage to the arts
MOJA Arts Festival is an annual celebration of Black arts and culture and our artistic contributions to the world, especially through African American and Caribbean legacies. lt was first established in 1979 as the biennial Black Arts Festival, but was rebranded in 1984 as the MOJA Arts Festival.
Since its inception, MOJA’s wide range of events has included visual arts, classical music, dance, gospel, jazz, poetry, R&B music, storytelling, theatre, children’s activities, traditional crafts, local foodways, and much, much more.