According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning ‘first fruits.’ First ...

The celebration was held outside the Afri-Soul Marketplace at 12th and Washington streets. Black-owned businesses anchored ...

St. Marks AME guided the ceremony, lighting seven candles on the Kinara that represent Kwanzaa’s core values: Unity, ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly hosted St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church and community leaders for the sixth annual ...

Habari Gani? What’s the News? Kuumba Today is Day 6 of Kwanzaa, and the principle is Kuumba which is Swahili for creativity.

Monday marked the fifth day of Kwanzaa, and local celebrations are still going strong. READ MORE: ...

Monday marked the holiday’s principle of ‘nia,’ or purpose, and dozens of people gathered in Rohnert Park to take its message ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Sunday marks day four of the week-long celebration of Kwanzaa. Beulah Baptist Church in Youngstown ...

Monea-Cadette and her children were among more than 100 people at the African American Museum’s annual Kwanzaa celebration ...

It’s the sixth day of Kwanzaa and the sixth principle Kuumba, standing for creativity, was celebrated today at the Frank ...

The Smithsonian museum is hosting a week’s worth of celebrations for the holiday, which ends Jan. 1. Inside a room gradually ...

The event, open to the community, aimed to bring people of all ages together to celebrate African American culture, heritage, ...