Kwanzaa Conversation
- By kwende ukaidi
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- 08 Dec, 2019
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Celebration of First Fruits

The Creator Supreme has blessed the Afrikan with a spiritual and cultural developmental cycle of life that allows the Afrikan to mature maximally into wisdom filled seniority. It is this substance that is crucial in the emergence of eldership. In becoming an elder it is important responsibility to bring forth and nurture future eldership from the earliest possible juncture. Even from simple conversation help can be provided for young ones in being groomed, shaped and steeped in Ukweili (Truth) into maximal spiritual and cultural maturity and fullest becoming. In a conversation expressed from the articulation of Afrikan wisdom guides the challenge of lifting the self from alien imposition through the wonderful observance of Kwanzaa – elder to child is an important illustration. It is detailed here in a form adapted by this author thus:
Child: Kwanzaa? Nguzo Saba? What does is mean Elder?
Elder: It is our seven principles of tradition, my child, Afrikan tradition. We
use these as values for our nation.
Kwanzaa is the celebration of our Great Ancestors, our progressive work
and our accomplishments throughout the year to better Afrikan life and to lift
all that is beautiful and dear to us as a race.
Child: Why do we need values, Elder?
Elder: Values, my child, give all Afrikan men and women the highest standards
to live by and show such how to respect each other in their own nation.
Child: Does my baby sister have them? Do I?
Elder: Your sister’s values will grow to be the same as ours. As we grow to
celebrate Kwanzaa, so will she.
Child: Won’t she miss Christmas?
Elder: Throughout our journey many of our great wisdom guides and teachers tell
us that a person cannot miss what does not belong to him or her. Christmas or
any other alien time of year is not a part of your history. Kwanzaa is. It is
our celebration of the first fruits of the harvest, of life and of our
heritage. It is based on our culture and values.
Child: You mean grandma and grandpa and everybody else is celebrated?
Elder: Yes, my child. When we celebrate our happiness at Kwanzaa, we include
our Great Ancestors and the Creator Supreme, the stalk of corn from which we
all came. Together we become one unbroken circle.
Child: Baby sister will like Kwanzaa.
Elder: So will you, my child, and your sons and daughters after you.
This conversation highlights a number of important facets, some of which are that:
- It shows the responsibility of true Afrikan eldership who from a position of cultivated wisdom are able to demonstrably articulate Afrikan spiritual and cultural fabric and present Ukweli (Truth) to the young. The dire circumstance of being aware of Kwanzaa and denying it in Afrikan life to the detriment of Afrikan souls and in service of enemy forces is null and void here. Such denial is tantamount to denial of or negation of Afrikan eldership.
- It highlights the Afrikan natural quest for Ukweli (Truth) in the young and the natural genius of the Afrikan young blossoming when provided with the cultivated guidance of wisdom.
- It illustrates the vital role and substance of Afrikan spiritual and cultural living for Afrikan nationhood. The celebration of Kwanzaa is an important part of such substance.
- It demonstrates the profound importance of the Afrikan continuum in shaping life from young to more senior years and from generation to generation. The specialness of the Afrikan young during Kwanzaa and throughout Afrikan life is of central significance.
- It also highlights the imperative challenge of lifting the Afrikan self from the clutches of alien imposition into victory.
The wonderful observance of Kwanzaa takes place from the 26th of so-called December to the 1st of so-called January. It is seven-day period of Afrikan celebration and spiritual-cultural enrichment. Based upon the harvesting traditions of the Afrikan world this celebration of first fruits has at its core the Nguzo Saba (Seven Principles) together with an beautiful array of deeply meaningful symbols established elevate the Afrikan world community to its fullest flourishing.
Kwanzaa is one of the essential cultural observances of life within the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an Afrikan-centred spiritual and cultural mission for ascendancy that embodies living spiritually and culturally rooted life. To find out more about URAN and its spiritual-cultural mission for liberty and nationhood click here. The exquisite URAN pendant can be obtained online by clicking here.
In his capacity as an Afrikan-centred spiritual cultural practitioner this author is available for further learning in this regard and also for the carrying out of ceremonies such as naming and name reclamation. For details please click here.
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Also, in the approach to the important cultural observance of Kwanzaa, the text: From Pert-En-Min to Kwanzaa - A Kuumba (Creative) Restoration of Sacred First Fruits by this author is available to purchase online here. This publication provides informative detail on the of the Kwanzaa celebration. You can also visit the institution of Yemanja to pick up a copy.
At nominal cost, also consider acquisition of an a4 laminate poster of articulations by this author when visiting the Yemanja institution to enrol, consult, learn, gather or otherwise.
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