Dozens gather at A. Quinn Jones Center to learn history of Kwanzaa, importance of principles
Carol Richardson, cultural affairs manager for the city of Gainesville’s Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs department, said the Kwanzaa celebration was the third time the museum hosted it, and ...
Habari gani? Kwanzaa Day 1 is the day after Christmas. What to know about week-long holiday
Christmas, Kwanzaa begins its week-long celebration of African history, values, family, community and culture. Here's what to know.
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Kwanzaa across Chicago encourages unity, strength: 'It's relevant to all people'
The seven principles of Kwanzaa will be celebrated through a host of events across the Chicago area, but some event leaders are adamant that the traditionally African American holiday’s meaning ...
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Singing, music, poetry open Kwanzaa festival in Roxbury
The focus of the event, however, centered on the “Nguzo Saba,” or seven principles, that are embedded in Kwanzaa, which is celebrated until Jan. 1. “In order for us to continue to move ...
Kwanzaa celebration held in downtown South Bend
It featured the lighting of candles and presentations on the meaning of the seven core principles of the holiday. Community members were also honored. Kwanzaa was created in 1966 as a non-religious ...
Portland community center celebrates Kwanzaa, African heritage
Sabin CDC was formed in 1991 to address the housing needs of African Americans impacted by gentrification. While the center ...
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Kwanzaa starts Thursday, the weeklong celebration for all generations
Thursday marks the first day of Kwanzaa, a weeklong, end-of-the-year celebration that teaches seven time-tested principles. “These are principles that I want her to take not just during the last ...
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AOPYO closes out the year with Kwanzaa’s message of collective responsibility
More than 50 people helped the Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization close out 2024 during a special Ujima Brunch that ...
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Kwanzaa has a different meaning for Aiken-area historian
O'Bryant also said the holiday is about going back to African spiritual roots, and learning and practicing the seven principles of Kwanzaa. He said practicing the principles will help make the ...
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How to celebrate Kwanzaa across the Mid-South
The weeklong celebration ends Jan. 1, 2025. Mid-South Kwanzaa, Inc. will host a series of events throughout the upcoming week in honor of The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa: ...
Seattle Times23d
At Kwanzaa celebration, an opportunity to ‘relearn who we want to be’
The night also included the lighting of the kinara, a traditional candle symbolizing the seven principles of Kwanzaa: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and ...
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A beginner’s guide to Kwanzaa
Ruth Ndiagne Dorsey, with a Kwanzaa, sets up for a media photo at her church, The Shrine of the Black Madonna, on Dec. 8, 2009, in Atlanta. The African drummers play music after the lighting of ...