What part of Africa did Kwanzaa come from?

Answer 1

Kwanzaa originated in the United States. Ron Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 as the first specifically African-American holiday. Karenga said his goal was to "...give Blacks an alternative to the existing holiday." (Christmas) === ===

Answer 2

Kwanzaa is a made-up word. When the holiday was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, an American, he constructed the word from the Swahili kwanza (first) and kuzaa, to bear or produce (as in crops or giving birth).

• Kwanza is a Swahili word meaning "first."
• Kwanzaa is not a real Swahili word.

The word kwanzaa is known to few Swahili-speakers, and many of them have some connection to America or American studies. If it were Swahili, the accent would be on -zaa: kwa-NZAA (or, literally, kwa-NZA-a). The accent in all but a few Swahili words is on the penultimate syllable, and since every syllable ends with a vowel, the word Kwanzaa has three syllables: kwa-nza-a. But the final two a's are elided to form a single, drawn-out sound.

Answer 3

Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1965 as the first specifically African-American holiday. According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest".

Answer 4

Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 as the first specifically African American holiday.

Kwanzaa is a celebration that has its roots in the black nationalist movement of the 1960s.

--from Wikipedia.org

Answer 5

It comes from Swahili, one of the languages spoken in a number of African countries, including Kenya, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of Congo. According to Maulana Karenga, the scholar who created this holiday in the late 1960s , the name is derived from "matunda ya kwanza"-- the first fruits of the harvest.

Answer 6

Kwanzaa originated in the United States.

Answer 7

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