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'''Kwanzaa''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɑː|n|.|z|ə}}) is an annual celebration of [[African-American culture]] from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called ''Karamu'', usually on the sixth day.<ref name="Why Kwanzaa">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-MY8I_kwJY&list=PLJMZrovNFcP-idSz-hriEx3xaSXWNtpBw&index=1&ab_channel=AHSSociety| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/c-MY8I_kwJY| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|work=[[Maulana Karenga]]|title=Why Kwanzaa Video|access-date=December 7, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It was created by activist [[Maulana Karenga]], based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of [[West Africa|West]],
{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/kwanzaa-history-traditions-information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417083943/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/kwanzaa-history-traditions-information |url-status=live |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |title=Kwanzaa celebrates African-American heritage. Here's how it came to be—and what it means today. |author=Amy McKeever |date=December 22, 2020 |publisher=National Geographic |access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>
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==Adherence==
The popularity of celebration of Kwanzaa has declined with the waning of the popularity of the [[black separatist]] movement.<ref>{{cite book | last = Stanley | first = Sharon | title = An impossible dream? : racial integration in the United States | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-0190639976 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Hall | first = Raymond | title = Black separatism and social reality : rhetoric and reason | publisher = Pergamon Press | location = New York | year = 1977 | isbn = 9780080195100 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Dattel |first=Gene |title=Separatism vs. Integration: Can Separate Ever Be Equal? |journal=Academic Questions |volume=32 |issue=4 |year=2019 |pages=476–486|doi=10.1007/s12129-019-09822-4 |doi-broken-date=January
[[File:Kwanza-RonKarenga.jpg|thumb|A 2003 Kwanzaa celebration with Kwanzaa founder [[Maulana Karenga]] at the center, and others]]
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