Happy Kwanza !!!

[FalconSmitty]

Starts today!For those that celebrate the holiday I hope the next week is full of joy and blessings..

[catch fillet]

Smitty,just what is---can you take it fishing?

[FalconSmitty]

In 1966, KWANZAA was created by a young visionary living on the west coast who was also the founder and chairman of the Black Nationalist Organization. Dr. Maulana Karenga, a trained political and cultural scientist and a participant and theoretician of the Black Liberation Movement, postulated that significant and meaningful Black movement in the U.S. was improbable, if not impossible, without a cultural component (base). He felt that at the base of any movement must be the cultural imperative that give the people a clear and precise sense of "idenity, purpose and direction."

KWANZAA is derived from the Swahili word, KWANZA which means first fruits and is part of the phrase Matunda Ya. Dr Karenga added the extra "a" to distinguish the Afro-American from the African. The idea and conceptions of KWANZAA developed out the system of social and political thought of Kawaida (Tradition and Reason), also developed by Dr. Karenga.

The roots of KWANZAA are continental African, but the branches and fruit are distinctly Afro-American. Dr. Karenga sought to make the natural and profound connection of Afro-American people to their ancestral beginnings, therefore, KWANZAA "as a holiday of the first fruits" comes directly out of the traditoin of agricultural people of Africa, who celebrated and gave thanks for harvest at designated times during the year.

Each tribe or community in Africa would come together to sing, dance, eat and drink and celebrate the harvest of the first fruits and vegetables. The would bring food they grew or items they made to give to the feast.

Although Afro-Americans are essentially an urban people and, thus, have few crops to harvest, the concept of "ingathering and celebration" formed a conceptual basis for KWANZAA.

The cultural dynamism of KWANZAA is best displayed through its progressive value base, the NGUZA SABA (the Seven Principles) and its unique absence of a dependency on mystical or spookistic distortion of the world. The NGUAO SABA was created y Dr. Karenga in 1965 and represents the "minimum set of principles by which Black people must live in order to begin to receive and reconstruct our history and lives... they are social principles, dealing with ways for relating to others and rebuilding lives and a more positive image."

[EARL KITCHENS]

Yes, and the last thing on their list of values is Faith! What a concept!

[Papa Dawg]

Merry Christmas.

[deathb4disco]

"Kwanzaa has absolutely nothing to do with Africa and everything to do with hating the United States. Kwanzaa is the brain child of Ron Everett, who you will not be surprised to learn, chaired the African American Studies department of California State University, Long Beach, from 1989 to 2002. Some time before that, he spent several years in jail for torture, changed his name to Maulana Ron Karenga, put on a dashiki, embraced marxism, and declared Kwanzaa a real holiday."

In 1971, a California jury convicted Karenga of assaulting and torturing two women. A May 14, 1971, article in the Los Angeles Times documented the torture: “Deborah Jones, who once was given the Swahili title of an African queen, said she and Gail Davis were whipped with an electrical cord and beaten with a karate baton after being ordered to remove their clothes. She testified that a hot soldering iron was placed in Ms. Davis's mouth and placed against Ms. Davis's face and that one of her own big toes was tightened in a vise. Karenga also put detergent and running hoses in their mouths, she said.”

Being California, the state released Mr. Karenga in 1975, then promptly admitted him to public universities so he could become Dr. Ron Karenga. In 1977, Karenga outlined the principles of Kwanzaa and later noted, “People think it’s African, but it’s not. I came up with Kwanzaa because black people wouldn’t celebrate it if they knew it was American. Also, I put it around Christmas because I knew that’s when a lot of Bloods were partying.” Karenga went on to call Christ “psychotic” and declared Christianity a “white religion.” Apparently, the media agreed.

Read the whole article here:

Kwanzaa: The Scientology of Holidays - HUMAN EVENTS

[FalconSmitty]

Wasn't opening a can of worms just wishing others well.

Kwanzaa

[deathb4disco]

Wasn't opening a can of worms just wishing others well.

I know.

[sorrydog]

:D

KWANZAA is derived from the Swahili word, KWANZA which means first fruits
The roots of KWANZAA are continental African, but the branches and fruit are distinctly Afro-American. Dr. Karenga sought to make the natural and profound connection of Afro-American people to their ancestral beginnings, therefore, KWANZAA "as a holiday of the first fruits" comes directly out of the traditoin of agricultural people of Africa, who celebrated and gave thanks for harvest at designated times during the year.

Each tribe or community in Africa would come together to sing, dance, eat and drink and celebrate the harvest of the first fruits and vegetables. The would bring food they grew or items they made to give to the feast.
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So, this is how they came-up with the "Georgia Peach" card! I always thought that the peach on the card was a symbol of it being grown in Georgia. I seen it being used a lot at the grocery storys during the holidays. Thought it was used to provide food but never thought about its impact on KWANZAA. Glad to help-out!:D:D:D:D

[sorrydog]

Wasn't opening a can of worms just wishing others well.

Kwanzaa

Let's just stick to the basics----Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone!