Kwanzaa
By Ashleigh FieldsAFRO Assistant Editorafields@afro.com The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will display its first official Kwanzaa exhibit until Jan. 1, 2024. A kinara, mkeka mat and a playlist debuted at the museum on Dec. 26. The week-long Pan-African holiday was originally founded in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga to […]
By Ashleigh Fields AFRO Assistant Editor afields@afro.com The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will display its first official Kwanzaa exhibit until Jan. 1, 2024. A kinara, mkeka mat and a playlist debuted at the museum on Dec. 26. Local residents share their viewpoints on the National Museum of African American […]
By Frank DobsonThe Conversation On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food, decorations and other cultural objects, such as the kinara, which holds seven candles. At many Kwanzaa ceremonies, there is also African drumming and dancing. It is a time of […]
Each day of Kwanzaa is devoted to celebrating the seven basic values of African culture, or the “Nguzo Saba,” which in Swahili means the seven principles. WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Frank Dobson, Associate Dean of Students, Vanderbilt University. On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will . . .
Each day of Kwanzaa is devoted to celebrating the seven basic values of African culture or the “Nguzo Saba” which in Swahili means the seven principles. WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Frank Dobson, Associate Dean of Students, Vanderbilt University. On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will . . .
Kwanzaa celebration, family lighting the kinara candle together at home in spirit of unity – Getty Images stock photo by Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food, decorations and other cultural objects, such as the kinara, […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — Kwanzaa has started for communities not only across the country but across the globe. The holiday, created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, aims to help people of African descent restore, reaffirm, and understand their cultural roots. “Kwanzaa is like any of the other cultural celebrations, Oktoberfest, Cinco de Mayo,” says Dr. Anthony […]
Simone Fritz puts the seven candles representing the seven principles of Kwanzaa in the kinara at the Kwanzaa family celebration at the Utah Museum of Fine Art in Salt Lake City on December 27, 2006. Photo/ Laura Seitz/ Deseret Morning News SALT LAKE CITY — First established in 1966, the annual celebration of Kwanzaa begins […]
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses wished a happy Kwanzaa to those celebrating, as the first day of the holiday honoring African heritage and Black American culture kicked off on Monday. “Jill and I wish everyone a happy Kwanzaa,” Biden said in a video with the first lady, adding that they […]
Kwanzaa (pronounced as “kwahn-zuh”) originates from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza” meaning ‘First Fruits’. This holiday, which has links to harvest festivals in Africa and communities across the world, was started by Dr.
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