Today Is The First Day of Kwanzaa, But What Is It?
Today is the first day of Kwanzaa 2012! And what, you say, is this Kwanzaa? Kwanzaa is a weeklong American celebration of African American culture that is observed from December 26 to January 1 each...
View ArticleThe Second Principle of Kwanzaa
We’re celebrating Kwanzaa 2012 by highlighting each of the seven daily principles. The Day Two principle is Kujichagulia, Self-Determination; to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves,...
View ArticleThird Principle of Kwanzaa
The principle we observe on Day Three of Kwanzaa is Ujima, Collective Work and Responsibility; to build and maintain our community together, to make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems,...
View ArticleFourth Principle of Kwanzaa
The principle we observe on Day Four of Kwanzaa is Ujamaa, cooperative economics. Today we emphasize the importance of building and maintaining our own stores and businesses and to profit from them...
View ArticleThe Fifth Principle of Kwanzaa
Today’s Kwanzaa principle is Nia or purpose. The idea is to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community to restore our people to their traditional greatness. Author Tom...
View ArticleSixth Principle of Kwanzaa
The Day Six Kwanzaa principle is Kuumba, creativity. The goal for today is to always do as much as we can in whatever ways we can to leave our community better than it was. “There is no doubt that...
View ArticleSeventh Principle of Kwanzaa
The seventh and final principle for Kwanzaa is Imani, faith. Today we focus on believing with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness of our victory...
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