Prepare a table with an African cloth. Place a mat, called mkeka, down, and place the rest of the Kwanzaa symbols on or alongside it. Place the Kinara (candleholder) on the mat and the Mishumaa ...

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebrate in African American ... There also are seven symbols of the holiday: fruits, vegetables and nuts; a straw mat; a candleholder; ears of corn; gifts; a communal ...

Kwanzaa, which kicks off today ... From journals to yoga mats to wellness books and beyond, shopping Black-owned brands for your self-care needs is a simple way to infuse some Ujamaa or ...

"Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African ... our parent people — continental Africans. Mkeka, Mat: This is symbolic of our tradition and history and therefore, the foundation on which ...

The main part of any Kwanzaa celebration involves the lighting of candles — three red, one black, and three green — that stand on a kinara. The kinara exists at the center of a colorful, Afrocentric ...

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 ...

Christmas, Kwanzaa begins its week-long celebration of African history, values, family, community and culture. Here's what to know.