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60 relations: African Americans, African dance, African diaspora, African diaspora in the Americas, African philosophy, African-American culture, Atlantic slave trade, Bill Clinton, Black Awareness Day, Black Canadians, Black nationalism, Black Power movement, Christmas, Chuck D, Co-operative economics, Communitarianism, Dashiki, December solstice, Documentary film, East Africa, Essence (magazine), First Fruits (Southern Africa), Hallmark Cards, Individualism, Interpretive dance, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Juneteenth, Karamu (feast), Kente cloth, Kinara, Libation, M. K. Asante, Maize, Maulana Karenga, Maya Angelou, National Retail Federation, New Year, Nihilism, NPR, Pan-African colours, Pan-African flag, Pan-Africanism, Postmodernism, Psychosis, Racism, Sexism, Sociology, Stjepan Meštrović, Swahili language, Synthia Saint James, ..., Texas A&M University, The Black Candle, The New York Times, Ujamaa, Umkhosi Wokweshwama, University of Minnesota, West Africa, White people, Wrapper (clothing), Zumbi. Expand index (10 more) »
African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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African dance
African dance refers mainly to the dance of Sub-Saharan Africa, and more appropriately African dances because of the many cultural differences in musical and movement styles.
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African diaspora
The African diaspora consists of the worldwide collection of communities descended from Africa's peoples, predominantly in the Americas.
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African diaspora in the Americas
The African diaspora in the Americas is used to refer to people born in the Americas with predominantly African ancestry.
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African philosophy
African philosophy is philosophy produced by African people, philosophy that presents African worldviews, or philosophy that uses distinct African philosophical methods.
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African-American culture
African-American culture, also known as Black-American culture, refers to the contributions of African Americans to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture.
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Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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Black Awareness Day
In Brazil, Black Awareness Day or Black Consciousness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra) is observed annually on November 20 as a day "to celebrate a regained awareness by the black community about their great worth and contribution to the country".
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Black Canadians
Black Canadians is a designation used for people of Black African descent, who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
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Black nationalism
Black nationalism is a type of nationalism which espouses the belief that black people are a nation and seeks to develop and maintain a black identity.
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Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a political movement that intended to achieve Black Power.
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Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,Martindale, Cyril Charles.
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Chuck D
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer.
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Co-operative economics
Co-operative economics is a field of economics that incorporates co-operative studies and political economy toward the study and management of co-operatives.
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Communitarianism
Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community.
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Dashiki
The dashiki is a colorful garment for women and men worn mostly in West Africa.
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December solstice
The December solstice, also known as the southern solstice, is the solstice that occurs each December, typically between the 20th and the 22nd day of the month according to the Gregorian calendar.
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Documentary film
A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.
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East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the eastern region of the African continent, variably defined by geography.
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Essence (magazine)
Essence is a monthly magazine for African-American women between the ages of 18 and 49.
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First Fruits (Southern Africa)
The First Fruits festivals of the Nguni peoples in Southern Africa are a type of sacrificial ceremony of giving the first fruits in a harvest to God, or the gods who are believed to be responsible for the abundance of food.
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Hallmark Cards
Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned U.S. company based in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Individualism
Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual.
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Interpretive dance
Interpretive dance is a family of modern dance styles that began around 1900 with Isadora Duncan.
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally called the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., named in 1964 as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans throughout the former Confederacy of the southern United States.
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Karamu (feast)
A Karamu Ya Imani (Feast of Feasts) is a feast that takes place on December 31, the sixth day of the Kwanzaa period.
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Kente cloth
Kente, known as nwentom in Akan, is a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan ethnic group of West Ghana.
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Kinara
The kinara is the candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations in the United States.
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Libation
A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid (ex: milk or other fluids such as corn flour mixed with water), or grains such as rice, as an offering to a god or spirit, or in memory of those who have "passed on".
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M. K. Asante
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Maize
Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.
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Maulana Karenga
Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga, previously known as Ron Karenga, (born July 14, 1941) is an African-American professor of Africana studies, activist and author, best known as the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.
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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
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National Retail Federation
The National Retail Federation (NRF) is the world's largest retail trade association.
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New Year
New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.
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Nihilism
Nihilism is the philosophical viewpoint that suggests the denial or lack of belief towards the reputedly meaningful aspects of life.
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NPR
National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.
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Pan-African colours
The term Pan-African colours are either of two different sets of three colours: red, gold (not yellow, despite its appearance), and green (inspired by the flag of Ethiopia), and red, black, and green.
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Pan-African flag
The Pan-African flag—also known as the UNIA flag, Afro-American flag and Black Liberation Flag—is a tri-color flag consisting of three equal horizontal bands of (from top down) red, black and green.
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Pan-Africanism
Pan-Africanism is a worldwide intellectual movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all people of African descent.
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late-20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure from modernism.
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Psychosis
Psychosis is an abnormal condition of the mind that results in difficulties telling what is real and what is not.
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Racism
Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.
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Sexism
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender.
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Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.
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Stjepan Meštrović
Stjepan Gabriel Meštrović (born 1955), is an American sociologist and an expert in war crimes.
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Swahili language
Swahili, also known as Kiswahili (translation: coast language), is a Bantu language and the first language of the Swahili people.
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Synthia Saint James
Synthia Saint James (born February 11, 1949) is an American visual artist, author, keynote speaker, and educator who is best known for the original cover art of the hardcover edition of Terry McMillan's book Waiting to Exhale and for designing the first Kwanzaa stamp for the United States Postal Service, which was first issued in 1997.
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M or A&M) is a coeducational public research university in College Station, Texas, United States.
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The Black Candle
The Black Candle is a documentary film about Kwanzaa directed by M. K. Asante and narrated by Maya Angelou.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Ujamaa
Ujamaa ('familyhood' in Swahili) was the concept that formed the basis of Julius Nyerere's social and economic development policies in Tanzania after it gained independence from Britain in 1961.
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Umkhosi Wokweshwama
Umkhosi Wokweshwama ("first fruits festival"), recently also known as Umkhosi Woselwa ("calabash festival"), is the annual harvest festival of the Zulu people, observed around the December solstice.
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University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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West Africa
West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.
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White people
White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view, the term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of North African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts.
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Wrapper (clothing)
The wrapper, lappa, or pagne is a colorful garment widely worn in West Africa by both men and women.
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Zumbi
Zumbi (1655 – November 20, 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares, was an important warrior figure in Brazilian history, being one of the pioneers of resistance to slavery.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa
