While there are still missions to be accomplished and hurdles to leap in the greater Portsmouth area, there is massive ...

Day 1 is devoted to umoja, or unity amid the African diaspora. Kwanzaa, which is celebrated by millions of people around the world, is known for cultural celebrations, family and community ...

Learn all about the community-centered holiday with these fun, educational Kwanzaa books for young readers Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

On the first day of the Kwanzaa holiday, people in Greater Cincinnati are celebrating the principle of unity, called Umoja.The Cincinnati Citywide Kwanzaa Committee is celebrating the occasion ...

I find people have it on their Kwanzaa setups and it is now out of print, long out of print, and people needed a new version. Carla Hall wrote the foreword for this new edition. Why do you think ...

Amid the rhythms of dancing and drums, the Winston-Salem Urban League celebrated the life and work of Patricia Sadler on Thursday night during the first night of Kwanzaa. Nearly 200 people ...

I’m going to teach all this to my children.” People write and leave messages at the African American Museum’s annual Kwanzaa celebration. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County New-Sun ...

RISE HIGH AS A LISTENING SKIES. KWANZAA. IT IS JUST AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO GO TAKE A DEEP DIVE FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO AFRICA. THE WEEK LONG HOLIDAY CELEBRATES ...

AND HE’S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KWANZAA. FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW THE HISTORY, GIVE US SOME OF THE THE BACKSTORY OF HOW THIS CAME TO BE. WELL, THE THERE’S A RICH BACKSTORY.

WHILE IT’S NORMALLY CELEBRATED IN THE HOME, ONE, KWANZAA HELD AN EVENT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE TRADITIONS. DRUMS TALK, ENSLAVED PEOPLE USE THEM TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH LANGUAGE BARRIERS.