Kwanzaa will be celebrated from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1, according to the Official Kwanzaa Website. Kwanzaa gets its name from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza” and is rooted in first ...

Ruth Ndiagne Dorsey, with a Kwanzaa, sets up for a media photo at her church, The Shrine of the Black Madonna, on Dec. 8, 2009, in Atlanta. The African drummers play music after the lighting of ...

For more information on this week’s events celebrating Kwanzaa, you can visit the Anacostia Community Museum’s website. Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by ...

as the official Kwanzaa website states: "chosen to reflect African Americans' commitment to the whole of Africa and African culture rather than to a specific ethnic or national group or culture." ...

There are seven candles in total, representing the seven principals of Kwanzaa, the website reads. These principals are Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) Ujima (Collective Work and ...

Every year on December 26, the annual commemoration of African-American culture that is Kwanzaa begins. Observed predominantly in the US and across nations of the African diaspora in the Americas ...

Women of Progress of Mississippi held their 46th annual Kwanzaa celebration Thursday at the Two Mississippi Museums. The weeklong celebration props up African-American culture every year, right after ...

OGDEN — Kwanzaa has been a part of the lives of Betty Sawyer and her family for more than 30 years. The seven key principles at the center of Kwanzaa, including unity and self-determination ...

The symbols, in Swahili and English, and what they represent as reported by the Official Kwanzaa Website are: ...

Kwanzaa has seven basic symbols and two supplemental ones, according to the Official Kwanzaa Website. "Each represents values and concepts reflective of African culture and contributive to ...