For those who celebrate…Happy Kwanzaa!!!
❤️🖤💚 The name comes from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza,” which means “first fruits.”
The holiday is defined by Nguzo Saba, or the seven principles. Each day of the festival is dedicated to a specific principle, marked by lighting a new candle on the kinara, a seven-branched candelabra.
Umoja
Umoja means unity in Swahili - “To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.”
Kujichagulia
Or self-determination. This principle refers to defining, naming, creating and speaking for oneself.
Ujima
Translated as “collective work and responsibility,” ujima refers to uplifting your community.
Ujamaa
Cooperative economics. Similar to ujima, this principle refers to uplifting your community economically.
Nia
Nia means purpose.
Kuumba
Meaning “creativity”
Imani
The final principle translates to “faith.”
as faith in community
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