NGUZA
SABA




Kwanzaa
December 26-January 1




KWANZAA

NGUZA SABA THE SEVEN (7)
PRINCIPLES OF KWANZAA


NGUZA SABA LINKS



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KWANZAA




Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California
State University, Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966. After the Watts
riots in Los Angeles, Dr. Karenga searched for ways to bring African
Americans together as a community. He founded US, a cultural organization,
and started to research African “first fruit” (harvest) celebrations.

Karenga combined aspects of several different harvest celebrations, such
as those of the Ashanti and those of the Zulu, to form the basis of the
week-long holiday.


Kwanzaa
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/kwanzaa-history



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NGUZO SABA
THE SEVEN (7)
PRINCIPLES
OF KWANZAA




Umoja (Unity):

To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community,
nation, and race.



Kujichagulia (Self-Determination):

To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak
for ourselves.



Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility):

To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers
and sisters’ problems our problems and to solve them together.


Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics):

To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses
and to profit from them together.



Nia (Purpose):

To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our
community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.



Kuumba (Creativity):

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



Imani (Faith):

To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents,
our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory
of our struggle.



Nguzo Saba – The Seven (7) Principles of Kwanzaa
https://friendsoftheafricanunion.com/national-black-council-of-elders-2/%EF%BB%BFnguzo-saba-the-seven-7-principles-of-kwanzaa/



The seven
principles
of Kwanzaa

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/26/us/kwanzaa-principles-trnd/index.html




African Liberation Day
and the Nguzo Saba:
Principles and Practices
for Liberating Struggle

https://ibw21.org/commentary/dr-maulana-karenga/african-liberation-day-and-the-nguzo-saba/




Kwanzaa’s
Nguzo
Saba:

A Timely and Much Needed
Retrieval of Afro Ubuntu
Ethics for Enhanced
Flourishing in the African
Diaspora and Beyond

https://catholicethics.com/forum/kwanzaas-nguzo-saba-a-timely-and-much-needed-retrieval-of-afro-ubuntu-ethics-for-enhanced-flourishing-in-the-african-diaspora-and-beyond/




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NGUZA
SABA
LINKS




7 Kwanzaa Principles and
Their Meanings Explained

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/7-kwanzaa-principles-and-their-meanings-explained.html

Celebrating and Living the Nguzo Saba:
Accessing the African in Us

https://lasentinel.net/celebrating-and-living-the-nguzo-saba-accessing-the-african-in-us.html

Celebrating the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa!
https://bkreader.com/2021/12/24/celebrating-the-seven-principles-of-kwanzaa-2/

Guiding Principles
https://www.halifax.ca/about-halifax/diversity-inclusion/african-nova-scotian-affairs/ansaio/guiding-principles

The history behind Kwanzaa and
what it means for Black Americans

https://www.abc10.com/article/syndication/the-conversation/what-kwanzaa-means-for-black-americans/507-bf542fc5-d5ea-4f21-b045-6df556de2441

Kwanzaa’s Principles and Traditions
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/dining/kwanzaa-seven-principles.html

Nguzo Saba
http://www.endarkenment.com/kwanzaa/nguzosaba.htm

The Nguzo Saba: Guiding
Principles for Kwanzaa and Beyond

https://son.rochester.edu/newsroom/2021/nguzo-saba-principles-for-kwanzaa.html

Nguzo Saba Institute, LLC (NSILLC)
https://www.nguzosaballc.org/

The Nguzo Saba in the News
https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/the-nguzo-saba-in-the-news/the-nguzo-saba-in-the-news

NGUZO SABA (The Seven Principles)
https://www.us-organization.org/nguzosaba/NguzoSaba.html

Nguzo Saba: The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Nguzo+Saba%3A+The+Seven+Principles+of+Kwanzaa

The Principles and Meaning of Kwanzaa
https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a34894866/kwanzaa-principles-candles-meaning/

What is the Nguzo Saba?
http://www.createdbycrosby.com/what-is-the-nguzo-saba/

What is the Nguzo Saba?
https://www.kinaraschildren.com/what-is-the-nguzo-saba/



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Encyclopaedia
Africana
Project

http://endarkenment.com/eap/




400
YEARS OF
INEQUALITY

http://www.400yearsofinequality.org/




Celebrating
African American
Culture & History

Black History Month
http://guides.hmcpl.org/c.php?g=790427&p=5657381




Racial Equity
Resource Guide

http://www.racialequityresourceguide.org/organizations/organizations/sectionFilter/Racial%20Healing




Understanding
Prejudice

https://secure.understandingprejudice.org/




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Equal Justice
Initiative

https://eji.org/




The Collective
Black People Movement
(CBPM)

http://cbpm.org/index.html




TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE

https://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/




A Gathering
of Readers

https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~gathread/index.html




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Malawi
Project

http://www.malawiproject.org/




Afro Kids
http://www.afrokids.com/




THE FREEMAN
INSTITUTE

http://www.freemaninstitute.com/




Africa
Resource

http://www.africaresource.com/




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Real History
World Wide

http://www.realhistoryww.com/




Quatr.us
http://quatr.us/




African-American
Resources

http://www.ushistory.org/more/african-american.htm




African American
Studies Library
Research Guide

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/aframer.htm




African Music
Encyclopedia

http://africanmusic.org/




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AFROPEDEA
http://www.afropedia.org




World Afropedia
http://worldafropedia.com/afropedia/Main_Page




African
Indigenous Science
and Knowledge Systems

http://www.africahistory.net/




Natives Wiki
http://tribalspedia.wikia.com/wiki/Natives_Wiki




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Islamic Wiki
http://islam.wikia.com/




Sexism
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/




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