My kids danced to the cutest Kwanzaa video all last week when we learned about Kwanzaa...they loved it! I just had to share it:
And I read them this description of Africa:
Africa is a huge, beautiful mass of land called a “continent.” Kwanzaa celebrates cooperation, but it also celebrates the land known as Africa. People who came from Africa a really long time ago live all over the world now. They live in places like the United States of America, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Barbados, Mexico, and the Bahamas. All of the Africans who live all over the world now make up the African Diaspora. Some of these people moved out of Africa on their own; many others were stolen from their homeland long ago and sold into slavery. Many people in the African Diaspora still show the greatness of Africa, no matter where in the world they are located. They show it by the music they play, the dances they dance, and the foods they eat. They show it by cooperating with other people!
I mentioned places like the Dominican Republic and Guyana because lots of my kids are of Caribbean descent, and I hoped I could give them info on the Black-Latino connection early on, before they even had time to consider the other BS that they will learn from society...
Speaking of Kwanzaa, look where I'mma be! (From facebook)
Join Us As We Celebrate
The 21st Annual LGBT Community KWANZAA
Saturday Dec 27th 2008
African Market 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Cultural Program 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Karamu (Community Feast) 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
(Vegetarian selections also available)
Featuring:
Akoben Drumming Circle and various musical and spoken word artists.
PRESENTED BY:
ADODI/New York
African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change (AALUSC)
The Audre Lorde Project (ALP)
The Black Men’s Exchange – New York
Circle of Voices, Inc. (COV Inc.)
FIERCE
Freedom Train Productions
None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa
Rehoboth Temple CCC
Sistahs in Search of Truth, Alliance & Harmony (SiSTAH)
Sistas of Caribbean Ancestry (SOCA)
The Inner Child Experience (ICE)
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Tickets $10 (Suggested donation)
No one will be turned away - Tickets will be available at the door.
FOR EVENT INFO: lgbtkwanzaa@gmail.com
VENDORS WANTED: lgbtkwanzaavendors@gmail.com
VOLUNTEERS WANTED: lgbtkwanzaavolunteers@gmail.com
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