NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: HAPPY KWANZAA! Day Three (3): December 28th Habari Gani? Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective Work and Responsibility

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Monday, December 28, 2009

HAPPY KWANZAA!
Day Three (3): December 28th
Habari Gani?
Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective Work and Responsibility

Today, December 28th,
is the Third Day of Kwanzaa!

The Third Principle of Kwanzaa is:
Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective Work and Responsibility

- To build and maintain our community together
and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems
and to solve them together.
(Light The Farthest Green Candle On The Right)

Traditional Greeting: "Habari Gani?"
(Translation: "What's the Word?" or "What's the News?")
Response on December 28th: "Ujima!"

Find a meaningful way to instill Ujima in your life today,
and in the coming year.

HAPPY KWANZAA!

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