We Black people do need to stop pursuing White people, Chinese people, Indian people and Lebanese people. Instead let us HAVE OUR OWN!

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INSTEAD OF SANTA, HERE’S KWANZAA

Sometimes it looks like Black people are PURSUING White people, wanting to be involved in every thing that White people have. White people have silky hair – so Black women (and girls) must stick on un-African hair types onto their heads. White people give their children European names – So Black parents must also give their children European names. White people have invented all sorts of gadgets – so Black people must buy from them rather than produce those gadgets for themselves. White people use eggs to celebrate their Spring festival which falls around the same time as Easter – so Black people must also have Easter eggs. So also Santa. White people celebrate a jolly rotund white-bearded elfin creature called Santa Claus who comes out with their Christmas festival. Since White people have Santa – then so too must Black folk. It’s like running after White people to see what they have or are doing – so we Black people can mimic them.

Let’s consider this: Are Black people benefitting from this “pursuit” of White people, this following them wherever they go? Let us think about the non-African hair weave. Is it making us love our natural God-given appearance? What of the Easter egg. Any benefits? And Santa? Is Santa helping the Black community in any way?

Many Black people do not know that we do have our own end of year festival. A festival that is NOT religious so all Black people of every belief system can take part. A festival that is beneficial to Black people in several ways because 1) It gets us to focus on our community worldwide; 2) It gets us to appreciate our common ancestry as Black people; 3) It gets us to keep our money circulating within the Black community; 4) It is ours: created for us, by us, and its Principles are acceptable to the diversity found within the global Black world.

This festival is KWANZAA!
Kwanzaa is an end of year festival from 26th December to 1st January. It is a fun time, yet it is educational fun! Over its seven days we celebrate seven Principles (in Swahili).
The seven core principles (Nguzo Saba ) of Kwanzaa are:

Day 1. Umoja: Unity
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.

Day 2. Kujichagulia: Self-Determination:
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.

Day 3. Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility
To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and solve them together.

Day 4. Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics
To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.

Day 5. Nia: Purpose
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

Day 6. 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.

Day 7. Imani: Faith
To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. Presents are given out to children and guests.


There are so many ways to celebrate Kwanzaa. We cook meals from different African communities (you can look up recipes on the internet). We read up on then discuss the culture of an African community. We wear clothing of a different ethnic group from our own. There is a lot on the internet about Kwanzaa, just Google it. Kwanzaa is a time to have directional FUN and enlightening ENTERTAINMENT.


Kwanzaa is for us! We have come of age to stand on our own, and enjoy our own festivals and create our own unique way of life.


Instead of Santa, appreciate Kwanzaa!
Instead of Santa, commend Kwanzaa!
Instead of Santa, enjoy Kwanzaa!

SOURCE:
https://web.facebook.com/ndidi.uwechue

Bro you know this write up doesn't make sense, Santa is just for fun, which is used during Xmas to make children happy and Xmas/Christmas is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Christ. All or at least almost all have their yearly festival/celebration like me mine has begun already so this your kwanza has no place in Africa maybe in your village you guys can do that.
What you are asking for is just like asking mooslems to stop the celebration of ramadan so they don't pursue after the arabs.

valirex:
Bro you know this write up doesn't make sense, Santa is just for fun, which is used during Xmas to make children happy and Xmas/Christmas is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Christ. All or at least almost all have their yearly festival/celebration like me mine has begun already so this your kwanza has no place in Africa maybe in your village you guys can do that.
What you are asking for is just like asking mooslems to stop the celebration of ramadan so they don't pursue after the arabs.

The writer of the Kwanzaa information made it VERY CLEAR that Kwanzaa is not religious.
If doing things that will help Black people UNITE is wrong to you, I am sad for you.
You can follow follow your oyibo if that is the way for you to feel good... Then later follow Chinese when they increase their strength and influence in Africa.
WHY ARE YOU BRINGING RELIGION INTO WHAT IS A SOCIAL FESTIVAL? Especially as the writer has already very clearly and simply stated it is NOT religious? No use then to suggest to you to GOOGLE Kwanzaa because whatever Oyibo does is what you want to ape.

Here are some Black people wanting the Black man to improve by doing for ourselves and informing us about some things we can get involved in. Yet you want us to like apes, continue aping oyibo? Why now?

Kwanzaa is an African American celebration but Africans can participate as well I guess.

Kwanzaa is a week-long annual celebration held in the United States and other nations of the African diaspora in the Americas to honor African heritage in African-American culture

wiki

Having African heritage is not the same thing as being continental African. I doubt we should mix up the two although I'm open to correction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDFLxHGRoos

Kwanzaa Celebration