Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday which celebrates family, community, and culture, is the fastest growing holiday in the U.S. An estimated 18 million Africans celebrate KWANZAA each year around the world, including celebrants in the U.S., Africa, the Caribbean, South America, especially Brazil, Canada, India, Britain and numerous European countries. Kwanzaa as an African-American holiday belongs to the most ancient tradition in the world, the African tradition. Drawing from and building on this rich and ancient tradition, Kwanzaa makes its own unique contribution to the enrichment and expansion of African tradition by reaffirming the importance of family, community, and culture. The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa. The central reason Kwanzaa is celebrated for seven days is to pay homage to The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa which in Swahili are: Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani. The principles are also known as The Seven Principles of African American community development and serve as a fundamental value system.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14117
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First published in Africa Media Review, 1(1), 1986, Chapter 14 in Charles Okigbo (ed.), Development Communication Principles. African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya. 365 pages.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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214 p, "Examines the historical novel that has emerged in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean since the late 1930s and includes such writers as Edouard Glissant of Martinique and Paul Hazoumé of Benin." (Amazon.com)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14120
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First published in Africa Media Review, 10(1), 1996, Chapter 17 in Charles Okigbo (ed.), Development Communication Principles. African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya. 365 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14109
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First published in Africa Media Review, 1(1), 1986., Chapter 6 in Charles Okigbo (ed.), Development Communication Principles. African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya. 365 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14105
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First published in Africa Media Review, 2(2), 1988., Chapter 2 in Charles Okigbo (ed.), Development Communication Principles. African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya. 365 pages.
