[
UK
/kwˈænzɐ/
]
[ US /ˈkwɑnzə/ ]
[ US /ˈkwɑnzə/ ]
NOUN
- a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year
How To Use Kwanza In A Sentence
- He also said there must be a single rate of exchange for the national currency, the kwanza, which is officially worth 55,000 to the dollar but on the black market fetches 240,000. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Performances will include traditional harvest dance processions around the campus, along with explanations about the background of Kwanzaa.
- There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the African - American celebration of Kwanzaa.
- A little girl and her family prepare for Kwanzaa: They pull out the kinara and place the seven candles, they add yams, apples and nuts to the kikombe, and as the first day begins they ask, "Habari gani?"
- Sasa sijui nisemaje ..... kwanza nataka wote wajue kwamba sio muhimu kwa wazungu wa kawaida kuelewa maneno haya. Archive 2008-06-01
- Kwanzaa is a seven - day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.
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- The name was drawn from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning the "first fruits of the harvest. Warren J. Blumenfeld: Challenging The Christian Month Of December
- Next week, students will make a candleholder called a kinara when studying Kwanzaa on Monday. IndyStar.com Top Stories
- Kwanzaa a seven - day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Ameiricans.