Kwanzaa

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• At each of the seven days of Kwanzaa, participants affirmed one of the seven principles.

  Academic text (2001)

• A marketing survey in 1997 estimated that Kwanzaa is celebrated by one out of seven United States blacks.

  Academic text (2001)

• Still, some of the appeal of Kwanzaa was that it was less commercial than Christmas.

  Academic text (2001)

• Moreover, outside of a few Southern cities, Kwanzaa was slow to catch on in the urban South.

  Academic text (2001)

• A Berkeley high school counselor explained her interest in Kwanzaa in precisely those terms.

  Academic text (2001)

• Becoming more popular in Canada, the Caribbean, and elsewhere, Kwanzaa is still chiefly celebrated in the United States.

  Academic text (2001)

• A ceremony intended to replicate a simple harvest festival, most Kwanzaa celebrations occurred among residents of large cities or suburbs.

  Academic text (2001)

• The origins of Kwanzaa lie in black nationalist responses to the Watts riot of 1966.

  Academic text (2001)

• To some extent, Karenga became an elder statesman, Kwanzaa's founding father.

  Academic text (2001)

• Today is the first day of Kwanzaa, the African-American celebration of family, community, and culture.

Synonyms

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Kwanza

vsKwanzaa

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A week-long festival celebrating African American culture from December 26 to January 1

is the same festival name but with the standard spelling

Surface Forms

Etymology