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Article: Foods play more than one role in African Americans' Kwanzaa celebration. (Originated from Orange County Register)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- December 20, 1993
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It is not a religious holiday, but many African-Americans celebrate on Dec. 26 with a fervent spirit.
Kwanzaa is held as one of their most precious commemorations.
Robbed of their African legacy when taken from their native lands, then stripped during slavery of most vestiges of their cultural heritage, black Americans endured centuries of Eurocentric enculturation.
Kwanzaa is one event that provides an annual opportunity for African-Americans to recapture some of their history and reaffirm their pride as a people.
From the day after Christmas until New Year's Day, the seven-day festival marks black cultural unity. Family, unity, self-determination, creativity ...