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Kwanzaa celebrates what its founder called the seven principles of Kwanzaa, or Nguzo Saba (originally Nguzu Saba – the seven principles of African Heritage). They were developed in 1965, a year before Kwanzaa itself.
Oct 14, 2009 · Kwanzaa is a week‑long secular holiday which culminates on New Year's Day. Founded in 1966, Kwanzaa combines aspects of several African harvest celebrations.
Oct 16, 2024 · Kwanzaa is an annual holiday affirming African family and social values, celebrated primarily in the United States from December 26 to January 1. Both the name and the celebration were devised in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana studies and an important figure in Afrocentrism.
Nov 7, 2024 · Kwanzaa is widely celebrated by African Americans across the country, but principally in cities with large Black populations like New York City, Oakland, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and more.
Given the profound significance Kwanzaa has for African Americans and indeed, the world African community, it is imperative that an authoritative source and site be made available to give an accurate and expansive account of its origins, concepts, values, symbols and practice.
Kwanzaa is a time of learning, family and celebration. During the week of Kwanzaa, families and communities come together to share a feast, to honor the ancestors, affirm the bonds between them, and to celebrate African and African American culture.
Kwanzaa was created for three reasons. First, Kwanzaa came into being during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960’s as a way to reaffirm and restore our connection to the best African cultural traditions that we were disconnected from through the Holocaust of Enslavement and subsequent periods of oppression.
