OF THE PAGE 4. Why has Kwanzaa grown among African people?
• – It speaks to our need and appreciation for its cultural vision and life- affirming values, values which celebrate and reinforce family, community, and culture. • – It represents an important way Africans speak our own special cultural truth in a multicultural world. • – It reaffirms the most ancient tradition in the world, the African tradition, which lays claim to the first religious, ethical and scientific texts, and the introduction of the basic disciplines of human knowledge in the Nile Valley. • – It reinforces our rootedness in our own culture in a rich and meaningful way. • – It brings us together from all countries, all religious traditions, all classes, all ages and generations, and all political persuasions on the common ground of our Africanness in all its historical and current diversity and unity. BACK TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE 5. Can people who are not of African descent participate in Kwanzaa activities? Kwanzaa is clearly an African holiday created for African peoples.
