The International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, hosts special Kwanzaa events on Dec. 26–27.
The events commence on the first day of Kwanzaa, which is always the day after Christmas. The non-religious holiday was created in the 1960s to help Black Americans connect and reclaim traditions and knowledge in the Diaspora. Brandon Reed, public historian of the International African American Museum, spoke with Live 5 about the significance of Kwanzaa.
“Kwanzaa is essential to how we understand the African Diaspora and its connections to this African-American identity. Thinking about these African values and traditions and how they build and inform on what we do today.”…