Q 01/05

Who created Kwanzaa?

A) Maulana Karenga

B) Marcus Garvey

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

D) Malcolm X

Answer · why

A) Maulana Karenga

Maulana Karenga, an activist and later a professor of Africana studies, created Kwanzaa as a cultural holiday for African Americans rooted in African ...

Q 02/05

In what year was Kwanzaa first celebrated?

A) 1949

B) 1966

C) 1976

D) 1988

Answer · why

B) 1966

Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966, in Los Angeles, as a week-long holiday for African Americans, and spread nationally over the following decades.

Q 03/05

On what date does Kwanzaa begin each year?

A) December 1

B) December 25

C) December 26

D) January 1

Answer · why

C) December 26

Kwanzaa begins on December 26, the day after Christmas, and a different principle is honoured on each of its seven days.

Q 04/05

On what date does Kwanzaa end?

A) December 25

B) December 31

C) January 6

D) January 1

Answer · why

D) January 1

Kwanzaa ends on January 1, the seventh day, when the last of the seven candles is lit.

Q 05/05

The name Kwanzaa comes from a Swahili phrase, "matunda ya kwanza", meaning what?

A) First fruits

B) Season of light

C) Time of unity

D) Gathering of elders

Answer · why

A) First fruits

"Matunda ya kwanza" means "first fruits"; Karenga modelled Kwanzaa on African first-fruits harvest festivals held around the southern-hemisphere summe...