There’s never been a Kwanzaa quite like this one.
Like most holidays in 2020, Kwanzaa’s seven-day celebration will look markedly different than in years past due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Dec. 26, those who observe the seven-day cultural holiday will honor the seven principles of African culture, starting with Umoja (Unity), followed by Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith).
“More people are starting to focus on who they are, and what they want their families to experience empowering cultural stories that get our brains from up under the foot of oppression,” Janine Bell, the president and artistic director of Elegba Folklore Society in Richmond, Va., told
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Updated: 1:41 PM CST Dec 16, 2020 Zarah A. Kavarana
Long after the last leftover latke has been eaten and Santa has returned home to the North Pole, there s still one more December holiday to end the gift-giving season that s all about celebrating African American culture and community.
Kwanzaa, a seven-night festival, starts on Dec. 26 and ends on Jan. 1 with gift-giving and a festive feast of faith, known as Karamu Ya Imani. Each night, celebrants light a candle from the kinara
, a traditional candleholder, take sips from the same Unity Cup, called Kikombe cha Umoja, and discuss one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, aka the Nguzo Saba: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
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