Showing posts with label Ujima. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 28, 2019

The principles of Kwanzaa: Day Three Ujima

Kwanzaa celebrates what its founder, Maulana Karenga called the seven principles of Kwanzaa, or Nguzo Saba (originally Nguzu Saba – the seven principles of African Heritage), which Karenga said "is a communitarian African philosophy," consisting of what Karenga called "the best of African thought and practice in constant exchange with the world." They were developed in 1965, a year before Kwanzaa itself. These seven principles comprise Kawaida, a Swahili word meaning "common". Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the seven.

On this, the third day of Kwanzaa the days principle is UJIMA.

UJIMA: "To build and maintain our community together and to make our Brother's and sister's problems, our problems and to solve them together."

Kwanzaa is a secular festival observed by many African Americans from December 26 to January 1 as a celebration of their cultural heritage and traditional values.