S6 E10: Why is Kwanzaa a MUST for all Africans?
My African Cliches (English)
English - November 28, 2020 07:34 - 9 minutes - 14.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHistory Society & Culture blackhistory africanarchives africancultures africanheroes africanhistory blackgreatness greatafrica learnafricanculture sankofabird sankofatrips Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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August 11, 1965, in the city of Watts, a suburb of Los Angeles.
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
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?
Kwanzaa is paradoxically located somewhere:
between some African deepest values and strong stereotypes, between rituals, evidence and reason, between the current Black lives struggles of the past and BLM fights today and finally, because I find it quite interesting to know and celebrate.