The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits” in Swahili.
Habari Gani is a Swahili term meaning “What is the news?” It is used when greeting others during Kwanzaa. The appropriate response is to say the name of the principle for that day. - - -
Nia – Purpose
South Euclid United Church of Christ, 4217 Bluestone, Cleveland, OH
Time: 5 PM
Time: 5 PM
Friendly Inn, 2382 Unwin Rd., Cleveland, OH
Time: 5 PM
Time: 5 PM
"Purpose/Nia [Fifth principle]
To commit ourselves to the glorious duty of restoring our families, our neighborhoods, and our people to their historical greatness
Perspective on Purpose
The Kwanzaa principle purpose imposes a duty on our family and community members a commitment to make our families and neighborhoods function in a manner that affords children and adults the maximum conditions for developing and thriving. The family and community are the principal context for human development. Of all the settings that help make us human, the family provides the most important developmental conditions: the love and care of that a child needs to live. A healthy child and future adult is one who has such a devoted people actively engage in its life – those who love it, spend time with it, challenge it, and are interested in what it does and wants to do, and what it accomplishes day to day.
Hence, the family becomes the starting point for restoring our people to their traditional greatness. Like a set of Russian doll, the context of human development work in a nested fashion, each one expanding beyond but containing the smaller one. Each one simultaneously influences and is influenced by the others. Thus the context of family fits into that of the neighborhood, and the context of the neighborhood into the larger context society and culture. Whatever factors affect any larger context will filters down to affect the innermost unit, the family. In short, the greatness of the nation begins in the home."
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Habari Gani
"Habari Gani is a Swahili term meaning “What is the news?” It is used when greeting others during Kwanzaa. The appropriate response is to say the name of the principle for that day. - - -
"Habari Gani is a Swahili term meaning “What is the news?” It is used when greeting others during Kwanzaa. The appropriate response is to say the name of the principle for that day. - - -
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