Fredara Mareva Hadley
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"Rooted in sometimes artful but often ham-handed borrowing of various African traditions, the holiday is one of the many bridges Black Americans tried to build between themselves and the African homeland of their imagination."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/s...
Why Kwanzaa Is Great (Gift Article)
There’s something uniquely American in both its wanton borrowing from existing tradition and its naked admission of artificiality.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2024 at 2:05 PM
"Rooted in sometimes artful but often ham-handed borrowing of various African traditions, the holiday is one of the many bridges Black Americans tried to build between themselves and the African homeland of their imagination."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/s...