Kwanzaa

Thanks for coming out to our 2011 Kwanzaa celebration! Check back soon for the 2012 date.

The History Center's annual Kwanzaa Celebration, held on one of the 7 days of Kwanzaa in December, have featured music, African dance and drums, storytelling, fashion shows, craft activities and other activities. This year the African American holiday celebration takes place on the first day of Kwanzaa and focuses on the first principal, Umoja, or “Unity”. 

About Kwanzaa

Dr. Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 as a cultural African American and Pan-African holiday which celebrates family, community and culture. Celebrated from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1, its origins are in the first harvest celebrations of Africa from which it takes its name. The holiday is based on seven basic values of African culture called the Nguzo Saba, which in Swahili means the Seven Principles.