A canvas bag, stencils and fabric markers in black, red and green — the colors of Kwanzaa — will be provided for participants to create bags featuring their own designs. When: 6-7:30 p.m.

On a table decorated in kente cloth, a traditional African fabric, was a kinara, which contains seven holes, to correspond to the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa.

What you need for celebrating Kwanzaa With Kwanzaa right around the corner, you might be on the lookout for the best items to celebrate the holiday this year, and you’re not alone.

Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival held annually from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 that celebrates African and African American culture and history. It was created by Maulana Karenga, an African-American ...

Kwanzaa occurs over the same seven days every year, from December 26 until January 1. It lasts seven days in order to honour the core seven principles of the festival, as outlined by Karenga.

When is Kwanzaa? Kwanzaa is celebrated every year from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. It always lasts seven days for the seven principles. This year, it will be from Thursday, Dec. 26 to Wednesday Jan. 1.

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration of Pan-African and African American culture that starts today and ends on January 1. At the end, a big communal feast called Karamu is held.

What you need for celebrating Kwanzaa With Kwanzaa right around the corner, you might be on the lookout for the best items to celebrate the holiday this year, and you’re not alone.

On a table decorated in kente cloth, a traditional African fabric, was a kinara, which contains seven holes, to correspond to the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa.

On a table decorated in kente cloth, a traditional African fabric, was a kinara, which contains seven holes, to correspond to the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa.

Rooted in the struggles and the gains of the civil rights and Black power movements of the 1950s and 1960s, it was a way of defining a unique Black American identity. As Keith A. Mayes, a scholar of ...