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Concerning Kwanzaa, Race and Religion: Particular, Universal and Common Ground
Dr. Maulana Karenga

Concerning Kwanzaa, Race and Religion: Particular, Universal and Common Ground

Dr. Maulana KarengaDecember 17, 2020

This is a revisiting of an early and ongoing conversation about the shared meaning of Kwanzaa, its particular cultural message to African people, and its core values that speak to the best of what it means to be African and human in the world and for the world. It raises the constantly relevant issues of race and religion and how they relate, not only to Kwanzaa as a holiday, but also to us as a people.

Holding Ground and Moving Forward: 
In Righteous and Relentless Struggle
Dr. Maulana KarengaOpinion

Holding Ground and Moving Forward: 
In Righteous and Relentless Struggle

Dr. Maulana KarengaJuly 26, 2018

To imagine a whole new future and to forge it in the most ethical, effective and expansive ways speaks to our need to constantly be concerned about those who come after us, about the world itself after we, as our honored ancestors say, have risen in radiance in the heavens and sit in the sacred circle of the ancestors. It’s about wanting, working and struggling for the constant advancement of good in the world and imagining and forging a future worthy of the name and history, African.