Maulana Karenga | “KWANZAA”

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Harun Jihad Bilal

‘To speak for ourselves in ways that bring out the best of our culture. To speak truth, and to demand justice, and to share with our people and the world the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest since.’ – Dr. Maulana Karanga

Karenga, a professor and chairman of Africana studies at the University of California-Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966 as a way to bring African Americans together after the Watts riots.

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