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Happy Kwanzaa Eve Poli
Posted on 12/25/18 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 12/25/18 at 7:46 pm
Everyday of Kwanzaa I will tell you about such an important American Holiday.
Kwanzaa (/'kw??n.z?/) is a celebration held in the United States and in other nations of the African diaspora in the Americas and lasts a week. The celebration honors African heritage in African-American culture and is observed from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a feast and gift-giving.[1] Kwanzaa has seven core principles (Nguzo Saba). It was created by Maulana Karenga and was first celebrated in 1966–67.
American Black Power activist and secular humanist Maulana Karenga, also known as Ronald McKinley Everett, created Kwanzaa in 1966, as a specifically African-American holiday,[2] in a spirit comparable to Juneteenth. According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest".[3] A more conventional translation would simply be "first fruits". The choice of Swahili, an East African language, reflects its status as a symbol of Pan-Africanism, especially in the 1960s, although most of the Atlantic slave trade that brought African people to America originated in West Africa.[4][5]
First fruits festivals exist in Southern Africa, celebrated in December/January with the southern solstice, and Karenga was partly inspired by an account he read of the Zulu festival Umkhosi Wokweshwama.[6] It was decided to spell the holiday's name with an additional "a" so that it would have a symbolic seven letters.[7]
Kwanzaa is a celebration with its roots in the black nationalist movement of the 1960s. Karenga established it to help African Americans reconnect with their African cultural and historical heritage by uniting in meditation and study of African traditions and Nguzo Saba, the "seven principles of African Heritage", which Karenga said "is a communitarian African philosophy". For Karenga, a major figure in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the creation of such holidays also underscored an essential premise "you must have a cultural revolution before the violent revolution. The cultural revolution gives identity, purpose and direction."[8]
During the early years of Kwanzaa, Karenga said it was meant to be an alternative to Christmas. He believed Jesus was psychotic and Christianity was a "White" religion that Black people should shun.[9] As Kwanzaa gained mainstream adherents, Karenga altered his position so practicing Christians would not be alienated, then stating in the 1997 Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture, "Kwanzaa was not created to give people an alternative to their own religion or religious holiday."[10] Many African Americans who celebrate Kwanzaa do so in addition to observing Christmas.[11]
I will update tomorrow with more information.
Hope you and yours had a Great Holiday. :)
Kwanzaa (/'kw??n.z?/) is a celebration held in the United States and in other nations of the African diaspora in the Americas and lasts a week. The celebration honors African heritage in African-American culture and is observed from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a feast and gift-giving.[1] Kwanzaa has seven core principles (Nguzo Saba). It was created by Maulana Karenga and was first celebrated in 1966–67.
American Black Power activist and secular humanist Maulana Karenga, also known as Ronald McKinley Everett, created Kwanzaa in 1966, as a specifically African-American holiday,[2] in a spirit comparable to Juneteenth. According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest".[3] A more conventional translation would simply be "first fruits". The choice of Swahili, an East African language, reflects its status as a symbol of Pan-Africanism, especially in the 1960s, although most of the Atlantic slave trade that brought African people to America originated in West Africa.[4][5]
First fruits festivals exist in Southern Africa, celebrated in December/January with the southern solstice, and Karenga was partly inspired by an account he read of the Zulu festival Umkhosi Wokweshwama.[6] It was decided to spell the holiday's name with an additional "a" so that it would have a symbolic seven letters.[7]
Kwanzaa is a celebration with its roots in the black nationalist movement of the 1960s. Karenga established it to help African Americans reconnect with their African cultural and historical heritage by uniting in meditation and study of African traditions and Nguzo Saba, the "seven principles of African Heritage", which Karenga said "is a communitarian African philosophy". For Karenga, a major figure in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the creation of such holidays also underscored an essential premise "you must have a cultural revolution before the violent revolution. The cultural revolution gives identity, purpose and direction."[8]
During the early years of Kwanzaa, Karenga said it was meant to be an alternative to Christmas. He believed Jesus was psychotic and Christianity was a "White" religion that Black people should shun.[9] As Kwanzaa gained mainstream adherents, Karenga altered his position so practicing Christians would not be alienated, then stating in the 1997 Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture, "Kwanzaa was not created to give people an alternative to their own religion or religious holiday."[10] Many African Americans who celebrate Kwanzaa do so in addition to observing Christmas.[11]
I will update tomorrow with more information.
Hope you and yours had a Great Holiday. :)
Posted on 12/25/18 at 7:55 pm to Cbo83
My goodness what a crock of liberal shite
Posted on 12/25/18 at 7:56 pm to Cbo83
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:10 pm to Cbo83
I prefer my holidays to be more than 10 years older than I am.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:12 pm to Cbo83
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During the early years of Kwanzaa,
Like 50 years ago?
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:23 pm to Cbo83
Festivus is 100X more legit than Kwanza, and it's fake.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:37 pm to KCT
That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read. Enjoy your wired holiday
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:41 pm to Cbo83
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Kwanzaa is a celebration with its roots in the black nationalist movement of the 1960s.
RACIS.....
Oh, thought it said white nationalist movement. That sounds really progressive!
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:47 pm to Cbo83
Gift giving, candles, red and green...
Kwanza is cultural appropriation.
Kwanza is cultural appropriation.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:50 pm to Wtxtiger
You wanna swap gifts on the first day of Kwanzaa tomorrow?
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:52 pm to Cbo83
It’s showing on my iPhone calendar.
No clue what the frick was that.
No clue what the frick was that.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:57 pm to Northwestern tiger
Im glad you enjoyed the history lesson brother. I'll have more information for you tomorrow.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 9:19 pm to Cbo83
Ripped off from the communist manifesto
Posted on 12/25/18 at 9:51 pm to Cbo83
I don't know anyone who celebrates this holiday but...
Happy Kwanzaa!
Happy Kwanzaa!
Posted on 12/25/18 at 9:53 pm to Cbo83
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You wanna swap gifts on the first day of Kwanzaa tomorrow?
You want some hot rims?
Posted on 12/25/18 at 10:16 pm to Cbo83
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It was created by Maulana Karenga
What a great guy-
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In 1971, Karenga was sentenced to one to ten years in prison on counts of felonious assault and imprisonment.[14] One of the victims gave testimony of how Karenga and other men tortured her and another woman. The woman described having been stripped and beaten with an electrical cord. Karenga's estranged wife, Brenda Lorraine Karenga, testified that she sat on the other woman's stomach while another man forced water into her mouth through a hose.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 10:25 pm to Cbo83
You're really stretching the meaning of the word 'important.'
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