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crossingscon · 1 year

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Heri za Kwanzaa! #crossingscon

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kwanzaachat · 1 year

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Heri Za Kwanzaa! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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#HappyKwanzaa

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bypoisedapples · 1 year

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To all those that celebrate, Merry Christmas Eve! Blessed Yuletide, Chag Urim Sameach, Heri za Kwanzaa, and Happy Holidays!

#✧guess there's no one home~! ( ooc )

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womanistgrrrl · 2 years

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Heri Za Kwanzaa to our Wominist and Black Feminist Accomplices! 💕🌱💕🌱

We hope this message meets you surrounded by loving people, good music, and delicious food. Although this year has been deeply traumatizing, and some of our Black Feminist Gs (pb2u bell!) have transitioned into Ancestarhood, we are grateful that, despite you grief, you have stayed true to your principles of creativity, spirituality, caregiving, solidarity, communalism, and struggle for a liberated society.

We hope the spirits of Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self determination), Ujima (communalist work and responsibility), Ujamaa (communalist economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith) continue to guide us throughout Kwanzaa and into the new year. Sending you MAJOR! mojo, juju, essence, chichi, love, ase, and warmth. 💕💕

With Love,

The Adis

#Heri Za Kwanzaa #womanism #Wominism #Black Feminism #Black Communalism #Communalism #Pan Africanism #Kwanzaa

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syftkog · 2 years

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Habari Gani

“Heri za Kwanzaa!” (Swahili for “Happy Kwanzaa!”)

May this Kwanzaa be an especially meaningful one for your whole beautiful family.

Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles)

Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the principles, as follows:

Day 1.Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race

Hebrews 2:10-13 MSG

It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn’t hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I’ll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I’ll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I’m here with the children God gave me.

#happy kwanza #unity #beautifulafrica #blackgirlmagic #holy spirit #blacklivesmatter #music #nftcommunity #holiday

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mahoganysilverrain · 3 years

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Habari Gani! Today's principle is Kujichagulia. In “Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture” Maulana Karenga (the creator of Kwanzaa) describes self-determination (kujichagulia) as “a right and responsibility to exist as a people and make our own unique contribution to the forward flow of human history”. He states that it is both a commitment and practice of defining, defending and developing ourselves instead of allowing or encouraging others to do it. Today the second or middle child lights the red candle on the kinara and it stays lit until the end of the libation ceremony where we drink from the Cha Umoja, the Unity Cup. Heri za Kwanzaa! (Happy Kwanzaa!) #kwanzaa #authorlife #indieauthors #ilovebooks #interracialromance #bookobsessed https://www.instagram.com/p/CJU3uhOASiK/?igshid=kt88k5b7xs9f

#kwanzaa #authorlife #indieauthors #ilovebooks #interracialromance #bookobsessed

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lkeke35 · 4 years

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Umoja! Good Black News Wishes You and Yours a Very Happy Kwanzaa Heri Za Kwanzaa! Kwanzaa, for those who are new to the party or need a refresher, is an African American… via Umoja! Good Black News Wishes You and Yours a Very Happy Kwanzaa — GOOD BLACK NEWS

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absynia · 5 years

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Heri za Kwanzaa! Today is day two of my favorite holiday and my favorite day of this celebration. Today's Saba is self-determination (kujichagulia)- to define ourselves for ourselves, to create and create for ourselves. This is my favorite principle to live and create by. We are endlessly creating ourselves, today take extra time to ensure the you in the mirror is created from your highest principles and goals. Take time to create something you are proud of in you. Happy Kwanzaa, happy creating! #Absynia #kwanzaa #kujichagulia #saba #africanfashion #blackfashion #etsydoesit https://www.instagram.com/p/Br5nCK7FMDU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i9g6trg9dkai

#absynia #kwanzaa #kujichagulia #saba #africanfashion #blackfashion #etsydoesit

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frombehindthepen · 2 years

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Heri za Kwanzaa!

Heri za Kwanzaa! #HappyKwanzaa #Swahili #FirstFruits

Image Credit: RODNAE Productions Today we begin the weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza,” which means “first fruits.” It ends on January 1, 2022. This year’s theme is “Practicing Kwanzaa and the Seven Principles: Ensuring the Well-Being of the World.” The Seven Principles (Nguzo Saba) of Kwanzaa include: Umoja (oo-MOE-jah) –…

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#First Fruits #Happy Kwanzaa #Harvest #Kwanzaa #Matunda ya Kwanza #Nguzo Saba #Swahili

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philamuseum · 6 years

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Today is the first day of Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration in North America and other nations of the West African diaspora. This secular holiday is based on seven principles that encompass notions of community, creativity, purpose, and self-determination. The name of the tradition is derived from the phrase meaning “first fruits of the harvest” in Swahili. An important symbol of this holiday is the mkeka, a decorative mat that serves as the foundation for ceremonial objects and representations. We’ve noticed that many of the mkekas used in Kwanza look strikingly similar to some of the woven textiles in the Museum’s collection. Heri za Kwanzaa! Happy Kwanzaa!

"Women's Cloth in Two Sections," c. 1930–80, made in Ghana by an unknown artist

#Kwanzaa #art #holidays #art museum #museum #art history #history #textiles #African textiles #Philadelphia Museum of Art #Philadelphia art museum #Philadelphia #Philly museum of art #Philly art museum #Philly

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crossingscon · 4 years

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Heri za Kwanzaa! May the Seven Principles be rooted in your life.

#happy kwanza #heri za kwanzaa #crossingscon #diane duane #young wizards party

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sopnel · 3 years

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Happy Kwanzaa (Heri Za Kwanzaa) The 1st day of Kwanzaa is Umoja (Dec. 26th) which in Kiswahili means, “Unity”. To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. Heri Za Kwanzaa (Happy Kwanzaa) from The African History Network. Habari Gani? (What’s the news) Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African cultural holiday (not religious holiday) which celebrates family, community and culture. Celebrated from December 26th - January 1st, its origins are in the “first harvest” celebrations of Africa from which it takes its name. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first fruits" in Kiswahili, a Pan-African language which is the most widely spoken African language. Kwanzaa is celebrated by as many as 20 million people around the world. Read my article: “Kwanzaa Reconnects African Americans To African Culture for Self-Empowerment” by Michael Imhotep https://themichaelimhotepshowcom.wordpress.com/2015/12/25/kwanzaa-reconnects-african-americans-to-african-culture-for-self-empowerment/ Power is the ability to define and shape reality and to have other people accept your definition of reality as if it were their own. “The first-fruits celebrations are recorded in African history as far back as Ancient Kemet (Egypt) and Nubia (Ta-Nehisi) and appear in ancient and modern times in other classical African civilizations such as among the Ashanti of Ghana and Yoruba of Nigeria. These celebrations are also found in Ancient and modern times among societies as large as empires (the Zulu or kingdoms (Swaziland) or smaller societies and groups like the Matabele, Thonga and Lovedu, all of southeastern Africa. Kwanzaa builds on the five fundamental activities of Continental African "first fruit" celebrations: ingathering; reverence; commemoration; recommitment; and celebration.” #oneCommunity #addictedtosuccess #herdbehavior #SocialLight https://www.instagram.com/p/CJRBtWHB0Yg/?igshid=1k3hjdmo62hd4

#onecommunity #addictedtosuccess #herdbehavior #sociallight

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womanistgrrrl · 2 years

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Heri Za Kwanzaa everyone! ♡♡♡

Habari Gani? Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self determination), Ujima (communalist work and responsibility), Ujamaa (communalist economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), Imani (faith).

I’m reaching out to affirm Naomi and Katt’s story and share some truths about my experience while living at the Brick and Mortar House in Detroit, Michigan. I’m doing this in honor of the Kwanzaa principle of Nia (purpose). I believe one of my purposes is to be a truth teller.

When I started this journey, I was worried about being too outspoken, or singled out, or losing support, or labelled a troublemaker or disrupter. Now, I am able to move in alignment with my principles and purposes, despite some fears and wariness. Part of why I have grown into this person is because of the love I have received from my village.

So I’d like to dedicate this call out to my Black Ancestars, my Black spirits, my loved ones, my communities, the House of Maroon, and every Black Q.T. in struggle for our communal liberation.

♡ Thank you all so much for nurturing my growth and courage. I’m grateful for us and rooting for us always. ♡