Kanisa

Kanisa means "church" in Swahili, the most commonly spoken language in sub -Saharan Africa. 

The Kanisa project is an effort to highlight life in churches in the Los Angeles area that have an African heritage.

The congregations in so-called "African churches" are not truly African or homogeneous. In our experience the membership is mostly multicultural and a mix of people from all countries, races and ethnicities. 

We hope that through Kanisa, more people get a view of the diversity of the "African" church in LA and find that they are a home for everybody.

Kanisa Magazine
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Kanisa annual choir contest