Happy Kwanzaa (Hip Hop Song)

NIA..PURPOSE

"Dec29th..Thursday..N I A..PURPOSE.. to make as our collective vocation..to building of our communities... MY WORDS I will become

the mountain that builds, operates and restores a village

as it's foundation..to gather what generates better living..

honoring what feeds off of strong minds..able bodies..

working together..

One love..Create"

2010/ {Merry Christmas..BLOGGER}

almost forget ..My Bird..

My Turkey Roaster w/

Stuffing..mmm

KWANZAA WISHES..UMOJA Mom And I..A custom of our family when someone passes the following year we Celebrate..Pics on the Bedroom or Livingroom PILLOWS..for Kwanzaa or Christmas.. we titled it..

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DEVELOPMENTS

over achievers

what becomes of the future

baring hands of labor

hearts of home

where the love is God

and the gifts we become all through

L I F E..

what strives to be..the next

Generation of KINGS & QUEENS The TORCH..Passed down

through H I S T O R Y..

★Merry★* 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ • •。★Christmas★ 。* 。 ° 。 ° ˛˚˛ * _Π_____*。*˚ ˚ ˛ •˛•˚ */______/~＼。˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ •˛• ˚ ｜ 田田 ｜門｜ ˚And a happy new year:') ♥"

Sheila Create T Jordan

"Dec29th..(Ujima).. Corporate Economics..to maintain and keep our business/within our own powers 2 gain..profit..I like this one..productivity endorsed..a reputable..concept of living self sufficiently secured..amen.. No hold bared or blocked from survival..in the true prospective.. financially well off..amen..Create say: well aright now"

PRINCIPLE III.KWANZAA

Sheila. CREATE says: Dec28th..Day III..

kugutachulyah: Collective work & Responsibility...

~~these are my words~~

I build w/ steady hands,

a sturdy mind..create a foundation..

what's solid to perform.. where my villages stands

ten feet tall..where my call is

a circle coming together.. My people keeping it all together..united.

.faithful and above all..

a color enriched AFRICAN. PEACE..

{C{r{e{*_*a}t}e}

Umoja Karamu -PII

"Umoja Karamu,

meaning 'unity feast' in Swahili, is an African American celebration begun in 1971 by Dr. Edward Sims, Jr. Celebrated in a manner similar to Thanksgiving, Umoja Karamu is held on the fourth Sunday in November. Its purpose is to instill solidarity, black values, and appreciation of black heritage into black families. Prayers, libations to honor ancestors, historical readings, and feasts mark observances. The celebration is based on five periods of African American life, each represented by a color. Prior to Slavery - the color black, represents black families before slavery In Slavery - the color white, symbolizes the scattering blacks families during slavery Upon Emancipation - the color red, marks blacks' liberation from slavery Struggle for Liberation - the color green, significances the struggle for civil rights and equality Looking to the Future - the color gold, points celebrants to hope for the future Umoja Karamu is said to be growing in popularity"

Kwanzaa -

Kwanzaa -

"Maulana Karenga of the

US Organization

created Kwanzaa in 1966 as the first specifically African American

holiday.[2] Karenga said his goal

was to 'give Blacks an alternative

to the existing holiday and

give Blacks an

opportunity to celebrate themselves

and history, rather than simply imitate the

practice of the dominant society.'

[3] The name Kwanzaa derives from

the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning

first fruits of the harvest

.[4] The choice of Swahili, an East African language, reflects its status as a symbol

of Pan-Africanism, especially in

the 1960s. Kwanzaa is a celebration

that has its roots in the black nationalist

movement of the 1960s, and was established

as a means to help African Americans

reconnect with their African cultural

and historical heritage

by uniting in meditation

and study of African traditions and

Nguzu Saba, the 'seven principles

of blackness'

which Karenga said 'is a communitarian African philosophy'.

During the early years of

Kwanzaa, Karenga

said that it was meant to be an

alternative to Christmas,

that Jesus was psychotic, and that Christianity was a white religion that

black people should shun.

[5] However, as Kwanzaa

gained mainstream adherents,

Karenga altered his position so that

practicing Christians would

not be alienated, then stating

in the 1997 Kwanzaa:

A Celebration of Family, Community,

and Culture,

Kwanzaa was not created

to give people an alternative to their own religion or religious holiday.

'[6] Many Christian African

Americans who celebrate

Kwanzaa do so in addition to observing

Christmas.[7] In 2009, Maya Angelou

narrated the award-winning

documentary The Black Candle,

the first filmabout Kwanzaa. Principles

and symbols"