Kwanzaa Specials On-Demand
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Craft in America
Celebration
Discover the role craft plays in our winter holiday traditions, rituals, and festivities. Featuring lion dancers and float builders for San Francisco’s acclaimed Chinese New Year Parade, artists in Michigan making ceramics for the holidays at Pewabic (Detroit) and Motawi Tileworks (Ann Arbor), Kwanzaa celebrations with artists in Chicago and Oakland, and Christmas card making with Yoshiko Yamamoto.
Charles H. Wright Museum’s Kwanzaa Celebration, Aida, Hudson
One Detroit focuses on the different ways Metro Detroiters can enjoy the remainder of the holiday season as the new year approaches. Learn more about Kwanzaa at The Wright, which happens on Dec. 29. Detroit Opera has a one night only performance of “Aida in Concert.” There’s still time to check out “Hudson’s Holidays” at the Detroit Historical Museum. Plus, a performance by the Jit Masters.
Connections: Kwanzaa (2004)
Join host P.A. Bennett for this episode of Connections to learn more about this end-of-the year celebration. Kwanzaa is an African American Holiday created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana studies at California State University. It's celebrated annually starting on December 26th and ends on January 1st.
Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa
Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa is a one-hour documentary that explores the seven principles that are the foundation of Kwanzaa by sharing seven real-life stories of impact. These stories reveal how each principle plays a role in the Black community, enhanced by cultural elements of dance, storytelling, music, and spoken word.
Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day
Hosted by lifestyle expert Sira Williams, Karamu, Feast for the 7th Day explores the tradition of Kwanzaa. The half-hour special talks about the history, principles and symbols of Kwanzaa and celebrates the culinary traditions of West Africa, featuring dishes from Mali, Ghana and Nigera. Sira shares her personal story as a child born in Mali, West Africa to her American mother and Malian father.
Welcome to FresBerg: Learning Blizzard
This episode of the locally produced animated series Welcome to FresBerg talks about Santa, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor, Jingle Bells, Holiday Lights and Annie Jr. To learn more visit fresbergcartoon.com.
