Kwanzaa hosted annually by The WOW – AV Pageant

All around the world, on every continent in the world, throughout the world African community, African people, in the name and framework of Kwanzaa, will gather together to celebrate Family, Community, and Culture, “Kwanzaa was created to give people to study Nguzu Saba, which was the seven principles of African Heritage.

The principles and symbols reflect the values of African culture and promote community among African-Americans.

The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa

The celebration of Kwanzaa includes an acknowledgment and honoring of its seven principles, known as Nguzu Saba. Each day of Kwanzaa emphasizes a new principle, and the evening candle-lighting ceremony provides an opportunity to discuss the principle and its meaning. The first night the black candle in the center is lit and the principle of Umoja (Unity) is discussed.

Umoja (Unity): maintaining unity as a family, community, and race of people.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): defining, naming and creating and speaking for ourselves.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): building and maintaining our community–solving problems together.
Ujima (Cooperative Economics: building and maintaining retail stores and other businesses and to profit from these ventures.
Nia (Purpose): work collectively to build communities that will restore the greatness of African people.
Kuumba (Creativity): to find new, innovative ways to leave communities of African descent in more beautiful and beneficial ways than the community inherited.
Imani (Faith): the belief in God, family, heritage, leaders, and others that will leave to the victory of Africans around the world.

The WOW Kwanzaa in the community has ceremonies, drumming and varied musical selections that honor African ancestry, a reading of the African Pledge and the Principles of Blackness. These readings are followed often by the lighting of candles, a performance, and a feast, known as a karamu.