Kwanzaa is a weeklong, nonreligious holiday celebrating African heritage and family values, observed from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1. The holiday was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga and is built around ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – December 26 marks the start of Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration of African and African American culture, and the Lowcountry has several events planned to honor the holiday.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)—Holiday celebrations continue across the Lowcountry as residents observe the third day of Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration honoring African American culture, heritage, and ...

Malcolm X College kicks off a week of daily Kwanzaa celebrations on Friday, featuring live music, art, shopping markets, dance performances daily. “When we come together as a community ... we're ...

Today marks the beginning of Kwanzaa, the cultural and reflective celebration rooted in the Nguzo Saba, or Seven Principles. Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious or political one. It was ...

Diane Gordon holds the book she wrote about Kwanzaa at Toledo's celebration of the African American holiday last year. Diane Gordon has led Toledo’s Kwanzaa tradition for more than 50 years. She still ...

Kwanzaa, which honors African American and Pan-African culture and traditions, is celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, The seven-night celebration stretches across millions of homes and communities ...

Kwanzaa was created by activist and author Maulana Ron Karenga in 1966. In establishing the holiday, Karenga hoped to introduce a nationally celebrated holiday that would bring Black Americans ...

Philadelphians and visitors gather during the the lighting of the city’s first kinara on the first day of Kwanzaa celebrations at the Philadelphia City Hall grounds on Dec. 26, 2023. Kwanzaa has ...

This is the first day of Kwanzaa, a celebration of African American culture and heritage along with seven guiding principles, such as unity, purpose, and self-determination. Light the kinara with us ...

Diane Gordon has led Toledo’s Kwanzaa tradition for more than 50 years. She still remembers feeling starstruck at her first celebration in northwest Ohio in 1967 in her aunt’s home. She recently ...

Kwanzaa is a non-religious, seven-day-long holiday that celebrates African and African American history and culture. Kwanzaa was created by activist and author Maulana Ron Karenga in 1966. In ...