Kwanzaa begins day after Christmas
Happy Kwanzaa!
The African-American holiday begins today, December 26, and goes through January 1.
A professor at California State University created the holiday in 1966 as a non-religious celebration of family and social values.
He designed it as a way for African Americans to reconnect with ancestral roots by celebrating African culture.
The name Kwanzaa is derived from a Swahili phrase that means “first fruits.”
Each day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of seven defining principles.
They are unity, self-determination, collective responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
