Kwanzaa

English Etymology en :bor sw:kwanza<alt:-a kwanza> 1 en Maulana Karenga 1 from the en sw - phrase sw matunda ya kwanza first fruits.254-255 Karenga created the holiday Kwanzaa in 1966. The word Kwanzaa is taken from the Swahili kwanza (first), inspired by the custom in a good number of African communities of gathering together to celebrate the first fruits of the harvest. The additional “a” was added to “Kwanza” so that the word would have seven letters, one for each of the Seven Principles of Blackness. Pronunciation en /ˈkwɑnzə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Kwanzaa.wav US Proper noun s A week-long African-American cultural holiday held between December 26 and January 1. en Ron Alexander B7 The Evening Hours w:The New York Times 1983-12-30 https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/30/style/the-evening-hours.html 0362-4331 On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83. https://web.archive.org/web/20220103011841/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/30/style/the-evening-hours.html en Maureen Dowd WASP's Bite Back w:The New York Times 1997-01-05 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/05/opinion/wasp-s-bite-back.html 0362-4331 But now, WASP's want their place in the multicultural sun. Social rituals are social rituals. If there is Kwanzaa, why not cotillions? https://web.archive.org/web/20220124104004/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/05/opinion/wasp-s-bite-back.html en Christina Morales A 10-Year-Old GameStop Investor Cashed In. His Return? Over 5,000% w:The New York Times 2021-01-30 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/business/gamestop-stock-profit.html 0362-4331 Spying a way to use her son’s enthusiasm for video games to teach him about investing, Jaydyn’s mother, Nina Carr, decided to invest in 10 shares of GameStop at $6.19 a share for a Kwanzaa gift. https://web.archive.org/web/20210222001510/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/business/gamestop-stock-profit.html/ Coordinate terms en kente Kikombe cha Umoja kinara ujamaa umoja Derived terms en happy Kwanzaa References Further reading en en Holidays Kwanzaa