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Nguzo Saba
Nguzo Saba
The Seven Principals of Kwanzaa

Umoja
Umoja (Unity)
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
Kujichagulia
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
Ujima
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together.
Ujamaa
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia
Nia (Purpose)
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba
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.
Imani
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.


­ Maulana Karenga

 

Related Links

Kwanzaa!  African Lives in a new world festival
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Melanet's Kwanzaa Information Center
http://melanet.com/kwanzaa/

THE OFFICIAL KWANZAA WEB SITE
http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/

 










 


 

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