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
The New York Chapter of the
National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO)
presents a
44th Anniversary Kwanzaa Celebration
with Dr. MAULANA KARENGA
this year's message
Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba:
An Ethics of Sharing Good in the World
At Boys & Girls High School, on Monday, Kujichagalia (Self-Determination), December 27, 2010, the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga will address this year's theme.
TIME: 5:30PM - 9:30PM
BOYS & GIRLS H.S. located at 1700 Fulton St., in Brooklyn (between) Utica and Schnectady Aves.) 11226.
$10.00 Admission $7.00 Seniors & Children
Trave: "A" or "C" train to Utica Avenue
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"...Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense."
Dr. Maulana Karenga
(quote from the Founder's 2010 Welcome statement)
Cultural entertainment will be provided by the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble as well as vocalist Camille Yarbrough and Zahmu/Threee
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| | | The New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO)
presents a
44th Anniversary Kwanzaa Celebration
with
Dr. MAULANA KARENGA
this year's message
Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba:
An Ethics of Sharing Good in the World
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| At Boys & Girls High School, on Monday, Kujichagalia (Self-Determination), December 27, 2010, the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga will address this year's theme.
TIME: 5:30PM - 9:30PM
BOYS & GIRLS H.S. located at 1700 Fulton St., in Brooklyn (between) Utica and Schnectady Aves.) 11226.
$10.00 Admission $7.00 Seniors & Children
"...Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense."
Dr. Maulana Karenga
(quote from the Founder's 2010 Welcome statement)
Cultural entertainment will be provided by the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble as well as vocalist Camille Yarbrough and Zahmu/Three
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KWANZAA
A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture
Dr. Karenga is Professor of Africana Studies at California State University, at Long Beach. He is also chair of the Organization Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations. He has been an activist scholar since the 60s especially in such educational and social movements as Black Studies, Black Power, Black Arts, independent schools, Afrocentricity, ancient Egyptian Studies, Ifa ethical studies, the Million Person Marches and Reparations. He is the author of numerous books, some including Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture; Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle,and; Introduction to Black Studies as well as numerous articles. He has earned two Ph.D.s, one in social ethics (University of Southern California, and the other in political science (U.S.International University).
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