HAPPY KWANZAA
KWANZAA - December 26
to January 1
Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States and also celebrated in the Western African Diaspora in other nations of the Americas. 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. Kwanzaa has seven core principles (Nguzo Saba). It was created by Maulana Karenga, and was first celebrated in 1966–67.
Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States and also celebrated in the Western African Diaspora in other nations of the Americas. 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. Kwanzaa has seven core principles (Nguzo Saba). It was created by Maulana Karenga, and was first celebrated in 1966–67.
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Kwanzaa Principles:
Umoja (Unity) - To strive for and to maintain unity in the
family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) - To
define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for
ourselves.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
- To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and
sisters' problems our problems, and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) - To
build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit
from them together.
Nia (Purpose) - To make our collective
vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our
people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity) - To do always as
much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more
beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (Faith) - To believe with all our
hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the
righteousness and victory of our struggle.
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I wanted to share some of the Kwanzaa titles with you.
Kwanzaa by Dorothy Rhodes Freeman & Dianne M. MacMillan
Kwanzaa: A Family Affair by Mildred Pitts Walter
Crafts for Kwanzaa by Kathy Ross and Illustrated by Sharon Lane Holm
Kwanzaa Crafts by Carol Gnojewski
Kwanzaa: A Guide to Celebrating the Holiday by Delores Johnson
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Pictures by Brian Pinkney
All New Crafts for Kwanzaa by Kathy Ross and Illustrated by Sharon Lane Holm
Paper Crafts for Kwanzaa by Randel McGee
Santa's Kwanzaa by Garen Eileen Thomas and Illustrated by Guy Francis
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story by Angela Shelf Medearis and Illustrated by Daniel Minter
Kwanzaa: Africa Lives in a New World Festival by Sule Greg C. Wilson
Kwanzaa Fun: Great Things to Make and Do by Linda Robertson and Julia Pearson
Celebrating Kwanzaa by Julie Williams
Celebrate Kwanzaa with Candles, Community, and the Fruits of the Harvest by Carolyn Otto and Consultant, Keith A. Mayes, Ph.d
Kwanzaa by David F. Marx
Celebrating Kwanzaa by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith an Photographs by Lawrence Migdale
The Seven Days of Kwanzaa by Melrose Cooper and Illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Kwanzaa Illustrated by Rex Perry
Kwanzaa by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate and Illustrated by Melodye Rosales
Happy Reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until the next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A children's book a day, keeps the scary monster away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
