More than 50 people helped the Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization close out 2024 during a special Ujima Brunch that ...

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

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 ...

WEST CHESTER — Kwanzaa is an African American celebration ... These principles are: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa ...

Kwanzaa encourages people to honor seven principles, known as Nguzo Saba, including: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-determination), Ujima (Collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa ...

Dancers from the Newburgh Performing Arts Academy perform during the Celebrations and Traditions of Kwanzaa UJIMA: Collective Work & Responsibility at the Newburgh Free Library in Newburgh on ...

The Interfaith Ministries of Lorain County hosted a Kwanzaa workshop that focused on ... which means self-determination; Ujima, which means collective work and responsibility; Ujamaa, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) The seven illuminated candles for Kwanzaa represent the principals of umoja or unity, kujichagulia or self-determination, ujima or collective work, ujamaa or cooperative ...

Phoenix's historic Eastlake Park community was host to a Kwanzaa gathering on Saturday, offering Black Arizonans an alternative to more mainstream winter holidays. The celebration was held outside ...