Kwanzaa Resources

Nosakhere Griffin-EL, Ph.D.

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The Young Dreamers Book Club

2 min readDec 18, 2020

This post provides families and educators with resources to create their own Kwanzaa celebrations.

The founder of Kwanzaa describing the principles of Kwanzaa.

This is a description from the founder

Official Kwanzaa Website

Children are important within the Kwanzaa value framework, then, first of all because they are key to the physical…

www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org

Kid friendly overview of the Kwanzaa

Detailed Description of Each Kwanzaa Principles

Day1 : Umoja (Unity)

Official Kwanzaa Website

Umoja (Unity) is the first and foundational principle of the Nguzo Saba for without it, all the other principles…

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Day2 : Kujichagulia

Official Kwanzaa Website

The second principle of the Nguzo Saba is Kujichagulia (Self-Determination). This too expresses itself as both…

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Day 3: Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility

Official Kwanzaa Website

In the context of a communitarian social order, cooperation is another key aspect of Ujima. It is based on the…

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Day 4: Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics

Official Kwanzaa Website

The fourth principle is Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) and is essentially a commitment to the practice of shared social…

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Day 5: Nia: Purpose

Official Kwanzaa Website

Finally, Nia suggests that personal and social purpose are not only non-antagonistic but complementary in the true…

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Day 6: Kuumba: Creativity

Official Kwanzaa Website

To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than…

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Day 7: Faith

Official Kwanzaa Website

The seventh principle is Imani (Faith) which is essentially a profound and enduring belief in and commitment to all…

www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org

Kwanzaa Resources

The founder of Kwanzaa describing the principles of Kwanzaa.

This is a description from the founder

Official Kwanzaa Website

Children are important within the Kwanzaa value framework, then, first of all because they are key to the physical…

Kid friendly overview of the Kwanzaa

Official Kwanzaa Website

Umoja (Unity) is the first and foundational principle of the Nguzo Saba for without it, all the other principles…

Official Kwanzaa Website

The second principle of the Nguzo Saba is Kujichagulia (Self-Determination). This too expresses itself as both…

Official Kwanzaa Website

In the context of a communitarian social order, cooperation is another key aspect of Ujima. It is based on the…

Official Kwanzaa Website

The fourth principle is Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) and is essentially a commitment to the practice of shared social…

Official Kwanzaa Website

Finally, Nia suggests that personal and social purpose are not only non-antagonistic but complementary in the true…

Official Kwanzaa Website

To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than…

Official Kwanzaa Website

The seventh principle is Imani (Faith) which is essentially a profound and enduring belief in and commitment to all…

Kwanzaa Music

Written by Nosakhere Griffin-EL, Ph.D.