Nguzo SabaThe seven principles of Kwanzaa. We use them in our every day lives and express to our audiences how they can utilize the principles to enhance their own lives.
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Umoja -
(Unity) To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation
and race.
Kujichagulia - (Self-Determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. Ujima - (Collective Work and Responsibility) To build and maintain our community together and to make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and to solve them together. Ujamaa - (Cooperative Economics) To make as our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. Nia - (Purpose) To make as our collective vocation the building and developing of our people to their traditional greatness. Kuumba - (Creativity) To do always as much as we can, in the way that we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it. Imani - (Faith) To believe with all our hearts in our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. |
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Last Modified: June 22, 2009