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For half a century, the high-spirited chants and thumping drums of the Odunde Festival have echoed from South Philly to the banks of Schuylkill in grand style. Many have marched from the 23rd and ...
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For 50 years, Odunde Festival has been the cultural heartbeat for the Southwest section of Center City in Philadelphia. And from the beginning, it has been — and remains — a family-run business. Held ...
FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce detailed the excitement and culture expressed within the African diaspora while attending the 2025 Odunde Festival.
The ODUNDE Festival, the largest Black and African cultural festival in the country, kicks off this weekend in Philadelphia for its 50th year.
Named for the Yoruba goddess Oshun, Fernandez-West now leads the Odunde Festival, an annual celebration of African culture that her mother co-founded in 1975 after a life-changing trip to Nigeria.
Odunde Festival, the nation's largest African American street festival, is back, covering 15 city blocks with two stages for live entertainment and an eclectic mix of vendors, ...
Odunde Festival celebrates 50 years of bringing African culture and cuisine to South Philadelphia Philadelphia's Odunde Festival, one of the largest African festivals in the entire country, is ...