. 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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