Kwanzaa means “first fruits of the harvest ... cooperative economics or ujamaa, purpose or nia, creativity or kuumba and faith or imani.

Then Mount Pleasant’s pastor, Reverend Nyika Taylor, chose several children to bring the Kwanzaa symbols to the front. The ...

While there are still missions to be accomplished and hurdles to leap in the greater Portsmouth area, there is massive ...

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

WEST CHESTER — Kwanzaa is an African American celebration of family, community and culture. Kwanza runs annually for seven days from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1 and was founded in 1966. “Kwanza is ...

Each candle represents a principle of Kwanzaa using Swahili for unity (Umoja), self-determination (Kujichagulia), collective work and determination (Ujima), cooperative economics (Ujamaa), purpose ...

Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration of African ... which means collective work and responsibility; Ujamaa, which means cooperative economics; Kuumba, which is creativity; and Imani, which means ...

THANK YOU ERIC. NOW DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE AT THE ROUTES 101 AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH DAY OF KWANZAA. ON THIS DAY, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO FOCUS ON UJAMAA, OR COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS.

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 ...

As Mohamed DaCosta beated the djembe drum, attendees walked into the A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center Friday evening to listen to two presentations: the history of Kwanzaa and the ...