KWANZAA: A celebration of family, community, and culture Kwanzaa is a pan-African holiday which celebrates family, community and culture created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966 and celebrated from December 26--January 1. NGUZO SABA - The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa December 26 - UMOJA (Unity) To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. December 27 - KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. December 28 - UJIMA (Collective Work and Responsibility) To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together. December 29 - UJAMAA (Cooperative Economics) To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. December 30 - NIA (Purpose) To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. December 31 - 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. January 1 - IMANI (Faith) To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Friday, Dec 27, 2019 12 AM
Happy Kwanzaa: KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Determination)
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