
Why is Kwanzaa a MUST for all Africans?
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<p>August 11, 1965, in the city of Watts, a suburb of Los Angeles.</p> <p>Community members witnessed the police hurting a pregnant woman, which started 6-long days of civil unrest. It was the city's worst unrest until the Rodney King riots of 1992</p> <p>The total toll of the crisis? 34 deaths, over $40 million in property damage and then more unexpected, a celebration. Yes, a celebration called Kwanzaa, directly inspired by this crisis. Didn’t Winston Churchill himself advise to Never let a good crisis go to waste?</p> <p> Kwanzaa is paradoxically located somewhere:</p> <ul> <li>between some African deepest values and strong stereotypes,</li> <li>between rituals, evidence and reason,</li> <li>between the current Black lives struggles of the past and BLM fights today</li> <li>and finally, because I find it quite interesting to know and celebrate.</li> </ul>