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Below are recommended books, videos and CD's that will explain
and help you celebrate Kwanzaa. The Kwanzaa holiday is
a joyous occasion, but remember Kwanzaa
isn't just a holiday, it's a lifestyle.
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The Complete Kwanzaa: Celebrating Our
Cultural Harvest
by Dorothy Winbush Riley A complete guide to
celebrating Kwanzaa which includes information on its seven principles, ceremonies, traditional meals,
clothing, gift giving, folktales, and proverbs. The book elaborates upon each of these
principles through a combination of first-person narratives, poetry, folktales,
quotations, and proverbs.
The section on Kujichaguila (self-determination), for example, includes poems from Nikki
Giovanni, and Serena Gordon, and excerpts from Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery and
Michael Jordan's Rare Air. Ultimately, Riley says, the principles of Kwanzaa cannot be
relegated to seven days at the end of the year; if we really want to take Kwanzaa to
heart, we must live it in every moment.
A very good book on the Kwanzaa celebration that will teach you how to do it right.
Click below to order The Complete Kwanzaa:
Celebrating Our Cultural Harvest |
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Hardcover - 128 pages (October 1998) |
Kwanzaa Crafts: Gifts and Decorations
for a Meaningful and Festive Celebration by Marcia Odle McNair
This book is not only helpful, it's also very beautifully done. It's colorful,
vibrant and very informative. Kwanzaa Crafts is full of wonderful ideas for celebrating
Kwanzaa and also provides a very meaningful understanding of the occasion. It's a very
inspiring book that will make you proud to celebrate the holiday.
Kwanzaa Crafts restores and reinforces the principles of the true Kwanzaa holiday season.
It defines each day with the principle, its candle color, symbol, a descriptive story of
poem, and plenty of easy make-it-now crafts.
It also has recipes that are are easy to imitate, from banana bread to rice and
black-eyed peas which are eaten on New Year's Day for good luck. This book really captures
the spirit of the holiday and is a must have. Click
below to order:
Kwanzaa Crafts: Gifts and Decorations for a Meaningful and Festive
Celebration |
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Price: $24.95
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Kwanzaa: An African American
Cultural Holiday (VIDEO)
This comprehensive how-to video describes the origins and practices associated
with Kwanzaa, the fastest growing holiday in America. According to Essence magazine, 18
million African Americans celebrate Kwanzaa.
For them, and the millions of others who want to know more about it, this comprehensive
video explains the traditional ceremonies, foods, clothing, and history of this joyful and
spiritual holiday. It also interprets all words and symbols and shows how to observe the
week long celebration in your own home.
This Kwanzaa video will be the perfect way for the whole family to sit down and
learn or reinforce the principles behind the Kwanzaa celebration.
Click below to order the Kwanzaa: An African
American Cultural Holiday (video)
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Kwanzaa Party!
CD Various Artists
Kwanzaa is an African-American harvest festival that takes place each year from
December 26 through January 1st. This CD is the second in a series of releases that
showcase high-energy music performed by talented musicians from around the African
Diaspora. You will hear outstanding songs from many countries, including Haiti, Zaire,
Brazil, Cuba, and the U.S.--sung in many languages, played to diverse rhythms, and all
unified by the common bonds of joy and cultural pride. The accompanying booklet explains the roots of Kwanzaa and the meaning of the holiday. It also
includes some excellent recipes for cooking up a Karamu (African Feast). Unlike other
records that are tied to a certain season, this is one CD you will certainly enjoy year
round.
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Price: $21.95
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Libation for Our Ancestors: A
Family and Communal Activity at Kwanzaa
by Tarik Karenga
Audio Cassette (March 1, 1999) Tarik
Karenga, son of Dr. Maulana Karenga who is the creator of the African American holiday of
Kwanzaa delivers a powerful, inspiring and educational program on the beautiful family and
communal activity of pouring libation for our ancestors during the Kwanzaa celebrations.
You'll learn the historic origins and meaning of pouring libation for our ancestors as
well as instructions for performing the ceremony at you next major celebration or
important event. Tarik then goes on to perform the ceremony in real-time which calls for
active participation from the listeners. As an added bonus, this double audio-cassette
program concludes with 30-minutes of Kwanzaa music for the family. Click
below to order:
Libation for Our Ancestors: A Family and Communal
Activity at Kwanzaa |
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