{"id":149325,"date":"2026-02-03T17:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/149325\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:37:21","slug":"abc-7-at-4-african-heritage-weekend-comes-to-the-sun-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/149325\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC-7 at 4: African Heritage Weekend Comes to the Sun City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) &#8211; African Heritage Week will be celebrated citywide in El Paso,<br \/>February 6\u20138. The celebration brings together local Black leaders, designers, and organizations, alongside an International guest from Uganda, Meriam Nanasirye, founder of Rescue Women\u2019s<br \/>Foundation. Events will take place at the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC), the El Paso Museum<br \/>of History, and Amalur at Old Sheepdog Brewery, offering the community multiple opportunities<br \/>to engage throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>EVENT CALENDAR:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 6 | 3:00\u20136:00 PM<br \/>Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC)<\/p>\n<p>African Heritage Week Kickoff Cultural Celebration<br \/>Speakers, cultural performances, African fashion showcase, and Black-owned vendor market.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, February 7 | 1:00\u20133:00 PM<br \/>El Paso Museum of History<br \/>African Heritage Week Opening Reception &amp; Fashion Showcase<br \/>Traditional African fashion and jewelry from Uganda paired with local Black designers.<br \/>Saturday, February 7 | 7:00\u20139:00 PM<br \/>Amalur at Old Sheepdog Brewery (Mystic Desert Studio)<br \/>African Heritage Week Fashion Show<br \/>Runway show featuring local and international Black designers.<br \/>Sunday, February 8 | 11:00 AM\u20133:00 PM<br \/>Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC)<br \/>African Heritage Week Cultural Celebration &amp; Fashion Walk<br \/>Speakers, cultural performances, fashion walk, and Black-owned vendor market.<br \/>African Heritage Weekend marks a milestone for El Paso, celebrating African culture through<br \/>fashion, storytelling, and community connection across the city. All events are free and<br \/>open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) &#8211; African Heritage Week will be celebrated citywide in El Paso,February 6\u20138. The celebration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-149325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}