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By Dr. Maulana Karenga Annual Founder’s Kwanzaa Message Heri za Kwanzaa, Happy Kwanzaa to African people everywhere throughout the global African community. We bring you Kwanzaa greetings of celebration, solidarity, and continuing struggle for good in the world. Kwanzaa is a special season and celebration of our sacred and expansive selves as African people. It is a unique pan-African time of remembrance, reflection, reaffirmation, and recommitment. It is a special and unique time to remember and honor our ancestors; to reflect on what it means to be African and human in the most expansive ...

First International Virtual Celebration of Kwanzaa With Its Founder, Dr. Maulana Karenga By Sentinel News Service Dr. Maulana Karenga (File Photo) Kwanzaa, a pan-African holiday, is celebrated by millions throughout the global African community on every continent in the world. On the second day of Kwanzaa, Kujichagulia, December 27, 2020, from 11:00am-1:00pm (Pacific Time) and 2:00-4:00pm (Eastern Time), the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) and the International African Arts Festival (IAAFestival) will present the first international virtual celebration of Kwanzaa with it...

Essence has been intentional about encouraging you to #buyblack this holiday season. We know you didn’t think we were stopping at Christmas—you should be buying and gifting Black for Kwanzaa too.  The weeklong cultural celebration which honors family, friends and community, has been observed by millions of Black Americans since its founding in 1966. The holiday spans from December 26 through January 1 and is premised on seven core principles: Umoja (Unity),

Virtual Kwanzaa celebrations offer a moment of reflection after a difficult year for the Black community N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Kwanzaa is dedicated to 7 principles Replay Video UP NEXT On the day after Christmas, Riche Holmes Grant will get up early to lay out the seven symbols of Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration of African and African American culture. On each night of Kwanzaa, an African drum call will summon Holmes Grant, 43, and her family to one room. They will begin the celebration by pouring libation water from the kikombe cha umoja, or unity cup, into a plant...

USA TODAY On the day after Christmas, Riche Holmes Grant will get up early to lay out the seven symbols of Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration of African and African American culture. On each night of Kwanzaa, an African drum call will summon Holmes Grant, 43, and her family to one room. They will begin the celebration by pouring libation water from the kikombe cha umoja, or unity cup, into a plant "as a way to honor our ancestors," she said. Together, they'll share what the principle of the day means to them as one of the seven candles is lit. But instead of inviting her extended family over ...