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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
I guess I'm working from the assumption that this was created to celebrate cultural roots or to help African Americans feel connected to a certain culture.
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You don't have to assume anything when the article states:
According to the official Kwanzaa Web site -- as opposed, say, to the Hallmark Cards Kwanzaa site -- the celebration was designed to foster "conditions that would enhance the revolutionary social change for the masses of Black Americans" and provide a "reassessment, reclaiming, recommitment, remembrance, retrieval, resumption, resurrection and rejuvenation of those principles (Way of Life) utilized by Black Americans' ancestors ."
So while Swahili was the lucky language chosen, it doesn't negate understanding the meaning of the words/phrases and applying them to your life if you celebrate this Holiday.