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Kwanzaa

2 stages from Swahili to English.

Today it means a week-long African-American and Pan-African cultural celebration held in late December
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matunda ya kwanza
Swahili · ancient
"first fruits"
literally "first fruits", referring to harvest celebrations
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Kwanzaa
English · 1966
"a week-long African-American cultural celebration"
coined by Maulana Karenga for a new African-American cultural holiday
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