National Geographic features Black Pharaohs

 
 National Geographic  presents  the era of  Black Pharaohs as “an ignored chapter of history”. View the Black Pharaohs photo gallery here.  Share your thoughts.

iKwanzaa’s online Book shelves

We are proud to announce iKwanzaa.com has  launched two virtual book shelves for the iKwanzaa book club- one on Shelfari and the other on Goodreads.  Find out which cultural books we like and join the discussion!

Kwanzaa 101

During Kwanzaa we will guide you through each principle so that you can find ways to express the i in iKwanzaa. In the meantime in between time, check out the Afroam.org overview of  Kwanzaa ! They provide brief  answers to questions like: What is Kwanzaa? and How does Kwanzaa work (how Kwanzaa  is celebrated)

They also do a pretty good job  describing the seven principles and the symbols of Kwanzaa. Before you go check out their interactive games: build a snow thing. 

Dr. Karenga’s website , offers  deeper insight into twelve fundamental questions about Kwanzaa. These are the twelve questions answered:

 

1. Why was Kwanzaa created?
   
2. Where does the word “Kwanzaa” come from?
   
3. Why is Kwanzaa a seven-day holiday?
   
4. Why has Kwanzaa grown among African people?
   
5. Can people who are not of African descent participate in Kwanzaa activities? 
   
6. How is Kwanzaa related to our struggle to achieve social justice and build a better world? 
   
7. How does Kwanzaa improve self-esteem?
   
8. Is Kwanzaa becoming commercialized?
   
9. How do people resist the commercialization of Kwanzaa?
   
10. Can people celebrate Kwanzaa and Christmas?
    Is Kwanzaa an alternative to Christmas?
    
11. In some cases people have added things to their celebration of Kwanzaa which seem to differ from its original vision and value. How should those who want to maintain the original vision and values and at the same time allow for diversitywithin the holiday respond to this? 
    
12. Kwanzaa stresses value orientation. Why is this so important?

 

Virtual Kwanzaa Celebration

We are inching toward Kwanzaa, a time of collective reflection in the African American community. iKwanzaa.com invites you to join the discussion at the iKwanzaa Community’s forum where we will discuss each principle and celebrate Kwanzaa virtually! This will be historic, as we believe this will be the first virtual Kwanzaa celebration. 

Celebrate Kwanzaa 2008 with us!