Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly hosted St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church and community leaders for the sixth annual ...

Carol Richardson, cultural affairs manager for the city of Gainesville’s Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs department, ...

All the events held by the GSO Kwanzaa Collective as part of the seven-day Kwanzaa celebration were held in the Peeler ...

Hundreds of Queens residents gathered at Queens Borough Hall on Monday, Dec 30, to celebrate Kwanzaa.

Monday marked the holiday’s principle of ‘nia,’ or purpose, and dozens of people gathered in Rohnert Park to take its message ...

The Grand Rapids African American Archives and Museum hosted a community Kwanzaa celebration on Saturday, Dec. 28. The event ...

Sabin CDC was formed in 1991 to address the housing needs of African Americans impacted by gentrification. While the center has celebrated Kwanzaa in the past, this year was its second hosting the ...

Kwanzaa is celebrated with the daily lighting of candles in a ceremonial candle-holder called a Kinara. Each candle represents one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, which in Swahili translates ...

Blount also shared the items that are needed when celebrating Kwanzaa: the kinara (candle holder), mkeka (mat), muhindi (corn to represent the children), mazao (fruit to represent the harvest ...

“Kwanzaa means first fruits in Swahili ... event with a demonstration of lighting the Kinara, a seven-branched candle holder with red, green and black candles. Each day, celebrants light ...

If you’re looking to observe the holiday this year or brush up on Kwanzaa’s history, meanings and traditions, we share a few ...