Habari Ghani!  – A Quick Guide to Kwanzaa

What is Kwanzaa? 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of Kwanzaa, a holiday based on traditional African harvest festivals. Maulana Karenga, a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University at Long Beach, created the holiday in 1966 to be a nonreligious celebration of family and social values. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya … Keep reading..