Kwanzaa was conceived, created and introduced to the African community as an audacious act of self-determination. - Maulana Karenga
" "Kwanzaa was conceived, created and introduced to the African community as an audacious act of self-determination.
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About Maulana Karenga
Maulana Karenga (born on 14 July 1941) is a black nationalist and pan-African scholar and activist. In the 1960s he established the cultural organization US, invented the Kwanzaa celebration, and introduced the Kawaida system of Afrocentric moral philosophy. After serving a prison sentence for felony assault in the early 1970s, he earned two doctorates and became the Africana Studies department chair at the California State University, Long Beach.
Also Known As
Birth Name:
Ronald McKinley Everett
Alternative Names:
Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga
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Ron Karenga
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