Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah): Creativity Using creativity and imagination to make your communities better than what you inherited.

The Fifth Day of Kwanzaa (December 30)   Nia (NEE-ah): Purpose To restore African American people to their traditional greatness. To be responsible to Those Who Came Before (our ancestors) and to Those Who Will Follow (our descendants).

The Fourth Day of Kwanzaa (December 29) Ujamaa (oo-jah-MAH): Collective economics To build, maintain, and support our own stores, establishments, and businesses.  

The Third Day of Kwanzaa (December 28)   Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective work and responsibility   To build and maintain your community together. To work together to help one another within your community.

The Second Day of Kwanzaa (December 27) Kujichagulia (koo-jee-chah-goo-LEE-ah): Self-Determination

The First Day of Kwanzaa  (December 26) Umoja (oo-MOH-jah): Unity Success starts with Unity. Unity of family, community, nation and race.

Kwanzaa is wack. The other day I said this on my Facebook page. Actually, what I said was: “Is it wrong of me to say that I love AFRICA, but I think Kwanzaa is wack? #ducksfromthebricks.” SEE ALSO: Sandusky Accuser: I SAW Sex Abuse Happening Now, when I said it, I meant it but gave […]

Noting the increasing rise in electronic bill payment and communications, the U.S. Postal Service is continuing with plans to end next-day services and sought approval to eliminate 28,000 jobs,  Reuters reports. Still, the nation’s second largest employer is rolling out commemorative stamps for the nostalgic and collectors including a new Kwanzaa stamp, and a series […]