What is Kwanzaa? Kwanzaa is a nonreligious cultural holiday that celebrates African American Heritage. It is observed from December 26th through January 1st (Pogue, 2017). It was created by Maulana Karenga in the late 1960’s. Karenga is a black activist leader and professor. He has been making strides to better the black community and bridge the gap. He created Kwanzaa during the civil rights movement right after the Watts Riots in Los Angeles. He got tired of seeing all the horrible things happen
A Paradigm is a struggle to define, develop, and defend the disciple. Within African American studies we see different examples of Paradigms. As expressed by Maulana Karenga, in Black Studies, a paradigm is an analytic, empirical, and ethnical framework for studying, understanding, and explication African American life in its historical and current unfolding. Throughout this week we have discussed various paradigm that refer to the black experience. Each one is both unique and important to the to
that Dr. Maulana Karenga calls attention to in his book is Black on Black crime and violence. Dr. Amos Wilson theory on Black on Black violence is that there are three factors that cause Black on Black crime to occur. The three factors are “White on Black violence , the deliberate creation of White American dominated racist society, and the unrelenting and collective ego defensive and political, economic, needs for White America to criminalize, denigrate, and degrade Black America” (Karenga, 2010)
Sixties. Centering on the US Organization and its frontrunner, Maulana Karenga, Brown contends that US was vital, although imperfect, part of the Black Power movement. The author uses the US Organization to show Black Nationalism as a diverse set of correlated principles, and he strives to change its history beyond the sectarianism that plagued the movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Brown presents a narrative that succeeds in recovering Karenga and US as key factors in twentieth-century Black politics.
Televised” commits its audience to a revolutionary awakening by emphasizing the importance of being a part of this change, which ties into what Maulana Karenga asserts about the “function of art is to make
On October 1995, black men marched to Washington after the call from Louis Farrakhan, who started the march, it was held around the national mall. The march was organized by black civil rights activists and comprised of the National Association for the advancement of colored people and the national Islam group who rallied people to march to Washington in the year 1995. The main point they were driving was to portray a different picture of the Black male and to make a union against economic and
the lives of African-Americans and those involved with the welfare of the race. African-American Studies is the systematic and critical study of the multidimensional aspects of Black thought and practice in their current and historical unfolding (Karenga, 21). African-American Studies exposes students to the experiences of African-American people and others of African descent. It allows the promotion and sharing of the African-American culture. However, the concept of African-American Studies, like
KWANZAA: Rediscovering our African Culture Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, his family and Friends. Dr. Karenga, a professor of African-American History at CSU, Long Beach, was effected by the Watts Riots of the summer of 1965. He felt that African-Americans had lost touch with their African heritage. He began to study ways that they could help themselves and each other. Dr. Karenga wanted to unify his people and instill a pride in their joint culture. He felt that there
impossible to fully understand be aware of all the successes many different groups have had in the past. Black studies as a discipline provides a full perspective of history for the third world. In the book, “Introduction to Black Studies” by Maulana Karenga, the author stresses the importance of black history. Black history “ is the struggle and record of Africans in the process of Africanizing the world, i.e. shaping their world in their own image and interests”(pg 66). This definition perfectly
ancestry, and celebrates family, community, and culture. Kwanzaa means the first or the first fruits of the harvest and is based on the ancient African first-fruit harvest celebrations. The modern holiday of Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor at the California State University in Long Beach, California. The seven-day celebration encourages people to think about their African roots as well as their life in present-day America. The seven fundamental principles on which Kwanzaa
Carina Ray notes that, “colonial regimes were quite astute at creating and then institutionalizing "tribes" out of groups of people who were externally perceived as sharing fundamental attributes that warranted their being lumped together. Maulana Ron Karenga observed, "Only slaves are defined by or in relation to their masters." Therefore, Black Americans unconsciously fostered a slave master mentality in White Americans and a slave mentality in themselves in allowing, for one day, such a degrading
to develop in the 1950 's and exploded in the 1960 's. Booker T. today is associated, perhaps unfairly, with the self-help/colorblind/Republican/Clarence Thomas/Thomas Sowell wing of the black community and its leaders. The Nation of Islam and Maulana Karenga 's Afrocentrism derive too from this strand out of Booker T. 's philosophy. However, the latter advocated withdrawal from the mainstream in the name of economic Du Bois This interesting 1965 article by writer Ralph McGill in The Atlantic combines
In the beginning of 1968, after selling Mao's Red Book to university students in order to buy shotguns, the Party makes the book required reading. Meanwhile, the FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover, begins a program called COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) to break up the spreading unity of revolutionary groups that had begun solidifying through the work and examaple of the Panthers; the Peace and Freedom Party, Brown Berets, Students for a Democratic Society, the SNCC, SCLC, Poor People's March, Cesar
Future Challenges." A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African American Studies. Lanham, MD.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. N. pag. Print. • Jordan, June. "Black Studies: Bringing Back the Person." Civil Wars. Boston: Beacon, 1981. N. pag. Web. • Karenga, Maulana. "Black Studies." Sage Knowledge. N.p., 15 Sept. 2007. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.
The English language has expanded and developed crossing borders between countries; therefore, the lexicon has progressed in different ways, to the extent that English has acquired characteristics that were not originally intrinsic in its nature. While, Africa, certainly had its impact on English, during the British colonization of Africa, American English has a large historically significant connection to the content as well. During the peak Transatlantic slave trade years from 1741-1810, a large
African American gangs in Los Angeles originated mostly from the migration of African Americans from the South after World War II. In the 1920’s most of the gangs in Los Angeles were family oriented and it was not until the late 1940’s that the first gangs began. The gangs surfaced out the area known as the East Side, which is the area east of Main Street to Alameda. A lot of the gangs surfaced because of the racism perpetrated by the whites. There was clear segregation and racism against blacks
African-American Street Gangs in Los Angeles In Los Angeles and other urban areas in the United States, the formation of street gangs increased at a steady pace through 1996. The Bloods and the Crips, the most well-known gangs of Los Angeles, are predominately African American[1] and they have steadily increased in number since their beginnings in 1969. In addition, there are over 600 active Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles County with a growing Asian gang population numbering approximately 20
Life in Kenya 1. Introduction In the past when I would think of Kenya I would think of wild animals, African tribes, and AIDS. When I met Wanjiku an international student from Kenya she told me many things about the culture of her country. I know from talking and working with her that they value friendship and believe in hard work. The people of Kenya have gone though many changes since gaining their independence in 1963. They now have the freedom of speech and religion. Kenya has