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Kwanzaa, the annual celebration of African-American culture, starts today. The week-long celebration begins the day after Christmas.
Family. Community. Purpose. There is plenty of meaning and symbolism behind the Pan-African holiday and the seven Kwanzaa principles.
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Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966.
Each day of Kwanzaa in 2023, Gooding would tell traditional African folktales and perform for crowds with each day's storytelling hour dedicated to one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
There are plenty of Kwanzaa activities going on throughout the city including the lighting of the Grand Kinara outside the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library every night at 5:30 p.m.
Here's what you might not know about Kwanzaa's seven principles and how to celebrate them during the holiday that begins December 26 and ends January 1.
While calls for unity dominated Africa Day celebrations across the continent, critics of the African Union claim no real action has been taken to heal its political wounds.