each day's Kwanzaa principles are discussed and celebrated," said Dr. Jeter Fonee Jones Giles, who helped put on the event. For attendees like Vicki Washington, the celebration was a chance to ...

It wasn't until nearly 30 years after Kwanzaa's founding, though, that it was federally recognized as a holiday. The week-long celebration focuses one of seven principles, known as the Nguzo Saba ...

It will teach children the Nguzo Saba, or "seven principles" of Kwanzaa, highlighted by gorgeous linoleum block prints by Daniel Minter. This Coretta Scott King honor book tells the journey of ...

The Nguzo Saba, also known as the seven principles of Kwanzaa, will be celebrated throughout the week-long event, focusing each day on one principle. On Friday, Dec. 27, Kujichagulia, the principle of ...

Each day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the seven principles, known as the Nguzo Saba, including unity, self-determination, collective work, and responsibility, cooperative economics ...

Kwanzaa occurs over the same seven days every year, from December 26 until January 1. It lasts seven days in order to honour the core seven principles of the festival, as outlined by Karenga.

“It took self-determination to make it a school.” The seven principles of Kwanzaa include umoja (unity), kugichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and responsibility), ujamaa ...

Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga to: Reaffirm and restore African heritage and culture. Introduce and reinforce Nguzo Saba, or the seven principles Serve as a nationally ...

Are you feeling it?” local artist and musician Brother Rumas asked several dozen people swaying enthusiastically at a ...

On Saturday, residents gathered at the Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center to celebrate Kwanzaa, a holiday deeply rooted in ...