Amilcar Shabazz speaks during a community Kwanzaa event organized by the local nonprofit Sankofa Gumbo on Sunday evening at New Africa House in Amherst. PHOTO BY DAN LITTLE

Ursa Shabazz, front, leads a drum circle during a community Kwanzaa event organized by the local nonprofit Sankofa Gumbo on Sunday evening at New Africa House in Amherst. PHOTO BY DAN LITTLE

Community members dance to the beat of a drum circle during a Kwanzaa event organized by the local nonprofit Sankofa Gumbo on Sunday evening at New Africa House in Amherst. PHOTO BY DAN LITTLE

Community members share a meal during a Kwanzaa event organized by the local nonprofit Sankofa Gumbo on Sunday evening at New Africa House in Amherst. PHOTO BY DAN LITTLE

Tia Harris, 4, participates in a drum circle during a community Kwanzaa event organized by the local nonprofit Sankofa Gumbo on Sunday evening at New Africa House in Amherst. PHOTO BY DAN LITTLE

Four of the seven candles are lit during a community Kwanzaa event organized by the local nonprofit Sankofa Gumbo on Sunday evening at New Africa House in Amherst. Sunday celebrated the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa, or cooperative economics. PHOTO BY DAN LITTLE