It’s the first day of Kwanzaa
Thursday is the first day of Kwanzaa!
The weeklong holiday is a celebration of African-American culture focusing on family and community.
Each day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to the Nguzo Saba or the seven principles; unity, self-determination, collective responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
A candle is lit every night on a kinara, a seven-branched candelabra.
On December 31st there is a feast known as the Karamu taking place before the holiday wraps up on January 1st.
Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by a Pan-African studies professor at California State University.
