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Kwanzaa
 Encyclopædia Britannica Article

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(Swahili“First Fruits”)

A family begins the Kwanzaa celebration by lighting a candle symbolizing … Lawrence Migdale

, also spelled  Kwanza   adaptation of an African harvest festival, celebrated from December 26 to January 1. It was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, a professor of black studies at California State University in Long Beach, who added an additional “a” to the end of the name to distinguish it from the African festival. Although Kwanzaa is primarily an African American holiday, it has also come to be…

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Here is a link to Tony Snow on Kwanza

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/tony/snow123199.asp