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Fiction: Crime Writer Gary Phillips Introduces The Kwanzaa Initiative
As a gift for your Kuumba minded-celebrations today, friend of the site novelist Gary Phillips dropped some holiday-themed fiction on your minds. Here's an excerpt … The Blonde Ghost drifted into Dr....
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The (Christian) Month of December
Professor Warren Blumenfeld sees the privileged few and an excluded many during the “Holiday Season.”When people wish others a “Happy Holiday Season” or just “Happy Holidays,” what exactly do they...
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Should Blacks Adopt More Of The Principals Of Kwanzaa?
Dr. Vibe asks a group of Black men from Canada, the United States and England about Blacks and Kwanzaa Dr. Vibe asks Victory Unlimited, Clive Henry and Jonathan Shaw discussed “Should blacks adopt...
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How Kwanzaa Introduced Solutions in My Modern World
Our country is divided politically and emotionally. This a time of a needed healing, a time of coming together to close the open wound. For we are split open and bleeding from the mouth to the rear...
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The Gift I Received from My Community During Kwanzaa
“By voicing their commitment to marriage, a couple voices a commitment to spirit, a commitment to the self, to the other person, and to the community at large. The community, by being there and taking...
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An Anthropologist Explains Why We Love Holiday Rituals and Traditions
Embed from Getty Images—Dimitris Xygalatas, University of ConnecticutThe mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people’s faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and...
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They Call Me Scrooge
As a Black male born in America, I have been called every name you can imagine—from dumb to brilliant. Depending on the occasion that prompted it, some names were pleasant and a significant number of...
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What Kwanzaa Means for Black Americans
Embed from Getty Images—Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt UniversityOn Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies...
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An Archaeological Dig in Israel Provides Clues to How Feasting Became an...
Embed from Getty Images—Natalie Munro, University of ConnecticutThis holiday season millions of families will come together to celebrate their respective festivals and engage in myriad rituals. These...
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The Holidays are a Time to Remember that What We Need Can Be Fought for and Won
As many people do, I have almost always looked forward to the holidays. When I was a child, I looked forward to gifts. As a student and teacher, I looked forward to a vacation from school. For most of...
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Redefining My Manhood by Celebrating Kwanzaa 2018
—First Day of Kwanzaa…Umoja…Unity in Family, community, nation, and race.I burned the slices of bread and the bones of the chicken legs as an offering to the ancestors to hear my thanksgiving and plea...
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The Most Wonderful Time?
Battle On! December. Yeah. It’s back. Already. But, December returned around early October. This year, I felt it start after Labor Day. Did you? And by December, I mean the sequence of North American...
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How Do We Rescue Clarity and Order From Darkness and Chaos?
We can expect so much from a holiday, like Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s. And it’s not just because of the hype, the commercialization, or the social demands. Just think of what and why...
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