Welcome
About Us
Our History
In FACT, Inc. was founded by Karen "Queen Nur" Abdul-Malik. The organization was incorporated in 2011 in Willingboro, New Jersey with a mission to preserve and perpetuate folklife traditions and to use these traditions to sustain communities and affect social change. The Board is led by African American women and In FACT is primarily focused on serving communities of the African diaspora. We welcome volunteers and always seek to uplift community voice through folk art, culture and tradition.
Board Members: Claudia Cream, Patricia Burch, Sharon Shuber, Rashida Khalifa. Executive Director: Karen Abdul-Malik. Documentarian Consultant: Driven by Design, Inc.
Projects have been funded by the Burlington County Board of Commissioners, New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Library of Congress
Our Programs
As a cultural sustainability organization we document African American and African diasporic culture through oral histories, photographs and videography and provide community centered programs. Our Community on the Line: Documenting the Urban Soul Line Dance Culture in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware made history. Our workshops include such traditions as quilting, African Drumming and Dance, dollmaking, hip hop, the blues, storytelling, soul line dancing, foodways, hair wrapping, aromatherapy, Latin dance and traditional healing arts. We present panel discussions, curate Black Doll exhibitions and produce festivals including the Annual Willingboro Kwanzaa Festival with community partner organizations. Our newly initiated Youth Storytelling Group performed at the Willingboro Kwanzaa Festival in 2024.
PROJECTS
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
In FACT partnered with Queen Nur LLC to document the Soul Line Dance Community in the Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware Tri- State Area as part of the Widening the Path Project for the Library of Congress.
Almost 1000 files make up the collection. The Collection was celebrated at the Library of Congress on
Feburary 27, 2025
with a
Soul Line Dance Party
in Jefferson Hall
10 First Street, SE
Washington DC 20540
WE MADE HISTORY!
Our Day Started with IAKJP on Good Morning America.
Over 1200 experienced the Library of Congress Widening the Path
Community on the Line celebration
Visit Page for photos and videos of the event
Historical Tee Shirts will be on Sale as memorabilia here soon!.
MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Grants to Karen "Queen Nur Abdul-Malik from The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and to In FACT from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
TALE OF TWO TASTES
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
TALE OF TWO TASTES
Is a cultural food event that has your taste buds poppin', music hoppin', and culture non-stoppin' as we explore the food cultures of two African Diasporic foodways and cultures.
Art is expressed not only visually in culture, but also in what we eat. In addition to being an art, food is an expression of cultural identity, of a community's history, its values, and its relationship to place. When we share a meal with our community members, we reinforce community bonds. When we offer our foodways to others, we invite them to understand our culture and explore our commonalities.
Past cultural featured food artisans:
2022
Nole JN Baptiste of Sa Pi Bon LLC in Philadelphia and Sammed Okyne of Kings & Queens Liberian Cuisine, Philadelphia
2023
Nana Kittoe, Ghanian Foodways and Eefphee's Nigerian Cuisinefrom Eephee's Kitchen in Voorhees
2024
Sherma Joyce - Trinidad and Adanech Asghedom owner of Ada's Gojjo Ethiopian Restaurant in Ashbury ParK
Next Event Spring 2025
MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Burlington County Board of Commissioners
from a grant by the New Jersey Council of the Arts
WILLINGBORO ANNUAL KWANZAA FESTIVAL
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
WILLINGBORO ANNUAL KWANZAA FESTIVAL
The Annual Willingboro Festival was held at the John F. Kennedy Center, in Willingboro NJ on Saturday December 28, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Fest' was filled with performances, workshops, An Ancestral Litany, Nguzo Saba candle lighting ceremony, African Marketplace and a Karamu (feast).
HOSTED BY THE WILLINGBORO KWANZAA COLLECTIVE:
African American Inventors' Museum, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Pi Mu Omega Chapter), Alpha Phi Alpha Faternity (Kappa Iota Lamda Chapter), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Rancocas Valley Alumnae Chapter), I am Kenny J Productions, In FACT, Inc., Jack and Jill of America, Burlington County, Lei Zodiac Cllub, The Underground Railroad of Burlington County, and the Willingboro and Vicinity NAACP.
2025 FESTIVAL will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2025
The day of Kujichagulia
FREE but REGISTRATION will be REQUIRED
MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Burlington County Board of Commissioners from a grant by the New Jersey Council of the Arts and the Willingboro Recreation & Parks Department.
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