. Book Review; The
Afric Americall Holliday
of K allzaa by aalana
lCare
Relealed in 1989, thi
book is 0 e of the best body
of .terial I've read by
Maulana K renga that ex-.
plaia • overvie of ho
and by he created the
holiday anzaa in the
1960s.' '.
In reading this com
pre eD ive book, one can
ee ho Maulana Karenga
not only created the concept
of Kwanzaa, but has over
the year further advanced
the philisophical base ofits
principle!
. eat Ways
Mo t of us would like to
give people we love the per
. feet gift - one that how we
truly care. Yet too often, we
imply ru h to get the task
done.
But tak� heart. Here are
some tip that will make gift
giving a �oy for you and the
recipient:
1. Make ure the gi ft has
sped I meani ng for the
reel pient. As you C90 ider
gift possibilities. ask your
self h t is important to the
recip ie 1. Acknowledging
and ecepting hat another
person values can be gift in
it elf.
One hu band gave his wife
a large wooden doolhouse for
their 18th wedding anniver
ary. Hc'd heard his wife talk
often about the doolhouse
he'd alw y wanted as a
child but had never received. ,
Hi wife called thedollhouse
the "most ensitive gift she
had ever received."
2. Be alert for a gift that
the recipient may want
without realizing it. The kcy
to gift-giving is to pay atten
tion through the year to
c .ual comments. Jot down
gi ft idea that come out of,
conver ations with family
member or 'friends.
SOM .. :TIMES YOU MAY
kno more bout a person's
real needs than he Jr she
doe One high school
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Africari
Import
aead
Book.
a
Mr. Karenga explains
�tlaat he rote this book
today not for ·specific seg
ments of· the African
American Movement as
.before but rather to a wider
audience.· He 'realizes that
today million of African
AmericaDs i.e. teachers,
profe ionals etc, are iater
ested and committed to
Kwanzaa and need a clear
explanation of its origin,
meaning and practices.
In elaborating on this his
torical development, Dr.
Karenga shows 1.) the
Afric� origin of Kwanzaa.
2.) The African American
origin. 3.) The Seven Prin-
a
d
hy
cipl� of Kwanzaa. 4.) The
symbols of K aDua, and S.)
The activitie of aDZa.
B POI TS OUT that
K anz begin on Decem
ber 26 and ends on January
1. (seven days) That ·Kwan
zaa wa to addre s the b-
ence of non-heroin
holidays in the national
African 'American Com
munity.· That K anzaa is
not contradictory to ones
religous beliefs. Meaning
that one can be a Christian
etc., and still celebrate
Kwanzaa. K anzaa is not a
religious holiday, but a cul
tural one .. •
o say you care
graduate received Dale Car
negie Course from his dad.
("Can you imagine how un
derwhelmed I wa . I wanted a
car!") But that course, the,
son is now convinced, gave
hi m the s kills he needed to
become a profe ional
speaker.
3. Offer your time or
talent. A gift that shines with
your individual effort will be
appreci ted in a way the most
expen ive jewel never can
match.
One woman organized her
mother' 100 e photo and
labeled and p sted everyone
into an album for her
mother's 65th birthday.
Another woman gave her
stepmother. with whom he
had a omewhat strained
relationship a a teen-ager, a
book of certificate for such
things a a week' grocery
shopping, ironing and break
fast in bed. "THey wer�
things she could do for me to
make up for the year when
we did not have a mother
daughter relationship," the
stepmother explained.
4. Be on time. Old and
young people alike need to be
remembered on time for
birthdays and special an
niversarie. Even when
you're pressed for time, it
t ke just a quick phone call
to arrange a special dinner at
a favorite restaurant or to
order something from a mail
order catalog that promise
overnight delivery.
5. DON'T WAIT for a pe
cial occasion. The key to
spontaneous gift-giving is to
se giff po sibilities during
your daily routinc. That may
mean bringing your spouse a
jar of pickled herring. or
keeping a book of ice cream
coupons at work.
One man likes to suprisc
his wife at work with
delivery of a single rose as an
"I Jove you" gesture.
A spontaneou gift that ac
knowledges and encourages �
new stage in someonc 's life
can be very reassuring. One
woman, a fulltime mother,
took up painting. Soon she
was invited to participate in a
local . art how. An
anonymous buyer took one of
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I reading anza one
is n t only bles ed with the
wisdom of Dr. arenga but
al 0 the wisdo (through
quotations) f W.E.B.
Dubois, Juliu Nyerere,
Pra tz Panon, alcolm X
etc. I
Maulan K,r nga f rther
sho s th t the concept of
aDZ_a came ot from the
individual nd ot in isola
tion, but from e richne
of our Africa American
culture and 0 r African
American expe ence.
The African American
Holiday of K anzaa by
Maulana Kare ga - 116
pages may be urcha ed
Dr. M.ul ••• Karea
om the Shrine of he Bl ck
Madonna book sto e •
her works. Two onths later,
she saw the paint ng hanging
in her hu .band ' office. He
had purchased itt encour ge
her.
Even a simple gin can be
profound. The import nt
thing i to how you car .
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