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Another photoshoot
Tomorrow, Monday, November 17, 2008, I will be heading up to St. James Parish in Woodbridge, New Jersey, to take photos of The Umoja Imani Songsters. Below is a bio of the group from the website of St. Matthias Catholic Church where they were founded.
The Umoja Imani Songsters were founded at St. Matthias Catholic Church in Somerset, New Jersey. The Songsters were formed in 1992 out of a desire to introduce Gospel worship and Black Catholic spirituality to St. Matthias. Their music is taken from traditional Gospel, contemporary Gospel and the Black Catholic hymnal Lead Me Guide Me. They are a multi-cultural choir that brings a unique gift of Black sacred song and worship to the parish. Umoja means “unity” and Imani means “faith” in the East African Kiswahili language.
