 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Sezvinoratidzwa nemabhuku eHouston Chapter, zvinangwa zvesangano uye uzivi zvinotsigirwa kuburikidza nekubatanidzwa kukuru kwenharaunda. Vakabatsira mumatare edzimhosva, kusanganisira kusunungurwa kwemusungwa akaurayiwa Clarence Brandley uye kubatanidzwa munyaya yaShaka Sankofa, vanobata Sankofa Study Circles kudzidzisa nhoroondo yevatema, vanogamuchira maartist akasiyana-siyana vatema kuburikidza neBlack Arts Movement, vanotora chikamu muFood the Hood Project, uye vanobatanidzwa muchirongwa cheHaitian outreach MaHaitian Ministries akaumbwa nemumwe wevaimbove Vanyori veNyika yeNBUF uye nhengo yechikamu cheHouston. NBUF inotsigirawo zvirongwa zvetsika, kusanganisira Frontlines Album Project, kutsigira kwegore negore Kwanzaa Zvirongwa, uye zviitiko zveAfrican Liberation Day. Pasi pose, NBUF yaibatanidzwa neFree South Africa Movement, yakatsigira Mutungamiri weGrenada Maurice Bishop, uye yakapa zvipo kune avo vakaurayiwa muRwanda. 