#Umoja

[yearningforunity]

Stokely Carmichael addresses an October 1968 gathering outside of the New School of Afro-American Thought following the police shooting of Elijah Bennett.

D.C. Public Library, Star Collection

#Stokely Carmichael #Washington DC #New School of Afro-American Thought #African American #African Diaspora #African Descent #shooting of Elijah Bennett #Umoja #Unity #Black Men

[spicy-calamari98]

My family is celebrating Kwanaza for the first time so I wanted to share our Kinara

#kwanzaa #umoja #black pride

[isawthe-sign]

Umoja (Unity)

Unity

Sources: National Black Deaf Advocates, SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The word for Unity in American Sign Language. Both Hand are linked in F handshape. Hands pull each other in a circle parallel to the ground in front of the signer. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent red, green, and black in different stages of the sign. Background is white.

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#umoja #unity #Kwanzaa #black deaf #basl #american sign language #asl #asl art #Youtube #image id #ally

[soweirdondisney]

The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa with The Proud Family. Courtesy of Disney Plus on Twitter and Instagram.

#zoog disney #disney plus #disney channel #the proud family #proud family #kyla pratt #twitter #instagram #kwanzaa #umoja #kujichagulia #ujima #ujamaa #nia #kuumba #imani

[monteshiphopadventures]

Happy Kwanzaa!! Today is the first day of Kwanzaa represented by the principal Umoja which mean Unity

#kwanzaa #happy kwanzaa #umoja

[risingphoenix87]

Habari gani? Umoja!

#kwanzaa #umoja #unity #community care #black lives matter

[cheetahcamp]

Umoja, Kenya, a women-only village, created for females to escape male/patriarchal violence was photographed by Georgina Goodwin

#kenya #Umoja

[angelicsaggie]

Kwanzaa 2022-23

I have been celebrating Kwanzaa for 2 years and I noticed that my wisdoms always enhance around and during this holiday. Since it’s such an enlightening holiday, why is it not talked about as much? I believe that Kwanzaa is not celebrated throughout most households due to programming which is "accepting someone else's ideas and thoughts as your own." Racism still exists, but since it's no longer the social norm (in some places) it is not always in our faces or it is in a roundabout way, therefore many people forget about the past and ignore current issues. In the 1960's our ancestors were still fighting for the right to be treated with respect and equality. In addition, our people could not live in specific/rich neighborhoods, work full-time jobs, and were (and is still) targeted by police because it is a legal excuse to mistreat and kill black people. Even Kwanzaa was created during The Black Power movement in 1966 as a way to unite, empower, and restore culture.

Pirkle Jones, Kathleen Cleaver and the Black Panthers (“Free Huey” rally, Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, Oakland, CA, Sept. 22, 1968, from: Black Panther), 1968–69.

What Kwanzaa Represents

Why would a holiday that teaches you about African culture, value, and coming together as a community and family be considered stupid? Because of programming, that is why it is essential to ground yourself and remember about your bloodline and who you are. You have been given back the opportunity to create businesses and shape the world how you want it to be, hence that I said "given back the opportunity." If a TikToker can influence the world with a simple dance then you can do anything you put your mind to.

Why Your Family Has Issues

Programming is dangerous and it is destroying our community, so before you blame your dysfunctional family, it is important to remember the reason it is dysfunctional. It is not because of your parents, it is because of the enslavement of your people that rearranged the black family structure to focus on survival and dominance. Could you imagine being enslaved and having your children pulled out of your arms to be killed or sent away? Could you imagine trying to be a good family man but you are forced to relocate and never see your family again? Or how about being forced to impregnate many women and not have the right to be an active father when you deeply wanted to? These things and more went on for thousands of years which affects the psychology of the future bloodline which is your grandparents, your parents, and you. Did you know that many black people were still working on plantations in the 1960's?

You Are What You Eat

They are still trying to separate our community in a roundabout way! What music are you listening to and what is it saying? Is the music telling you that you should disrespect, mistreat, and speak badly about your opposite gender? Or is it telling you to do drugs, disrespect people who are in poorer situations than you, and to praise money over morality? Before you blame the celebrities, you have to remember that they are working for the puppet masters, hence the word "masters." If you listen to the hip hop station there are barely or no songs that are positive for your brain but if you turn on the pop station then it is a little bit different... Listen to Tank talk about this. Music is not only about rhythm, it teaches you how to think and live your life.

December 26 2022- January 1, 2023

I will post each day during Kwanzaa about the 7 principles. (Series finished early)

I will post about teachings that our ancestors would have taught us during the end of each article.

Samiha Hamdi

The Black Panther Party had an established free breakfast program for children in 1969. The United States had a free breakfast program for children also but after the Black Panther Party it suddenly got funded more and took off in the early 1970's.

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[mrsm-h]

Happy Kwanzaa 🕯️

#positive vibes #happy kwanzaa #Umoja #unity

[mr-arcturus]

The first day of Kwanzaa.

Unity..... As friends and family we're to unite and move forward towards the upcoming year. We've all had victories, struggles, burdens, and achievements. Through UNITY we remember that we're all in this fight together in some form or another and we want to see each other win.

#kwanzaa 2022 #umoja #unity

[kwanzaa-wakanda]

I think a problem in a lot of Black and African discourses is that many people, upon realizing that the idyllic Black Community™️ doesn't currently exist, throw their hands up and decide the entire idea is pointless.

I was a kid, too. I was sold dreams of a world where Black people across the world understand both our triumphs and our struggles as related to one another. Like a lot of people, I grew up anticipating to find acceptance and comraderie whether another Black person was from the US, the Caribbean, or the Continent. And like just about everyone, I was disappointed when I realized that even within local areas, true Black unity is rare.

We both look at the world as it is and see how African people treat each other globally. But whereas some people use the world's reality as proof Black unity can never work, I look at it as proof that we need to make it work.

I think that's ultimately the difference between...I don't even really have a word for these divergent world views. Essentializing them to political philosophies feels too reductive.

There's Black people that believe Black unity is a scam and a farce, that we're wasting our time lying to ourselves about it ever being real.

And then there's Black people that believe it can exist if we put in the work. Or, at least, that we should put in the work and keep trying to make it happen.

And this latter group finds community with each other. All of us who believe naively that Africans in Diaspora and Africans in the Continent can build community and resistance together find community with eachother.

I wonder who the first group finds community with. It seems like a very lonely outlook to hold.

#umoja

[yearningforunity]

Unite, 1969-71

BARBARA JONES-HOGU

#Unite #Unity #Together #Umoja #What are we waiting on?

[thegraceofebonee]

Here is to Unity [Poem]

Here is to Unity Bound by community Together we rise Soar high into the skies As we continue to grow in size Let's link up together one by one A bond that can never be undone It is the reason why we've won We will continue to maintain and hold Continue to strive and be bold And see the history unfold Listen to what the ancestors told ya Here is to Umoja

💫thegraceofebonee.carrd.co💫

#thegraceofebonee #poetry #original poetry #my poetry #poet #poem #original poem #poems #poets on tumblr #kwanzaa #happy kwanzaa #umoja

[eyboug]

Desanm 26- Bon Fèt avèk Kwanzaa!! Habari gani!?!

Ojórdi é premyé jour kwanzaa. Umoja pou unity

(December 26- Happy Kwanzaa!! What's the news?!?

Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. Umoja for unity.)

#kwanzaa #blackness #vintage #umoja

[uvmagazine]

December 26 marks the beginning of #Kwanzaa. On this first day, the sole Black candle at the center of the kinara is light in honor of the principle #Umoja, meaning Unity.

#kwanzaa #umoja

[buzzcutbulldyke]

:(((( did something happen to that all-women's village that made jewelry, Umoja? Their entire website is out of stock and their Instagram last posted in 2020. I've been meaning to buy from them for YEARS now and I think I missed my opportunity...

#umoja jewelry #umoja #umoja villages