NESTING.(LIFE-FAMILY)

Kicking off Kwanzaa

Habari Gani! Kwanzaa starts tomorrow. This cultural holiday is a week-long celebration rooted in traditional African harvest festivals and is observed each night from Friday through Jan. 1.

Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, a professor of black studies in California, as a way of connecting to traditional African values of family, community, culture and self-improvement for black Americans. Although Kwanzaa is primarily an African-American holiday, its values are universal, and today, Kwanzaa is celebrated by millions of people of many ethnic backgrounds and religions.

Each day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to celebrating one of the nguzo saba, or seven principles, one for each day of the observance. These principles are all described using …