Created by activist Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa is observed December 26th through January 1st with each day has a significant meaning. The fourth day is UJAMAA, which means COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS.

The Black Cultural Initiative’s Ujamaa African Market falls on Sunday, December 29, day four of Kwanzaa. It's a day which stands on the principle of ujamaa -- collective economics. "It's wide ...

Kwanzaa has grown in popularity in the decades ... (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity) and Imani ...

shopping Black-owned brands for your self-care needs is a simple way to infuse some Ujamaa or cooperative economics into your life. Kwanzaa principle number five, Nia, is all about knowing and ...

Ujamaa for cooperative economics, Nia for purpose, Kuumba for creativity and Imani for faith. The terms come from the Swahili language. Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase "matunda ya kwanza" which ...

a traditional candle symbolizing the seven principles of Kwanzaa: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and responsibility), ujamaa (cooperative economics), nia ...

Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966. It also is celebrated in countries with large African ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee's Black community got together to celebrate Kwanzaa with the Ujamaa Marketplace, hosted by America's Black Holocaust Musem and the Bronzeville Collective.

Each candle symbolizes one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa –Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba and Imani. England said Umoja symbolizes the unity of race, community and family ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Thursday marked the first day of Kwanzaa and Detroiters went to the ... Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba ...