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Kwanzaa event highlights struggles and successes


PHOTOS BY JEROLINE D. MCCARTHY/DAYTONA TIMESThe Cultural Committee was made up of Edward Brown Jr.; Leuwhana Sylvain; Meshella Woods, curator; Brenda Andrews, cultural chair; Janice Williams; Eileen Hopkins; and Donald Bryant.
A Kwanzaa celebration reinforcing the seven principles, or the Nguzo Saba, was held Dec. 29 by the Cultural Committee of the African-American Cultural Society.
It reached many that filled the seats – a marketplace for vendors – and through cultural entertainment, acknowledged our African heritage.
The celebration resonated another annual Kwanzaa at the African American Cultural Society, emanating since 1991.
Dr. Maulana Karenga of the Black Studies Department of California State College, Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966. Kwanzaa is defined as “First Fruits of the Harvest.” ....

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