Faith. George Michael crooned about it; black people in America somehow maintain it—even if it’s the size of a mustard…
This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
If you’re reading this, it’s too late.
This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
We’ve been celebrating Kwanzaa Week here at The Root, which, for The Glow Up, also meant thinking up new outfits to…
This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
Each year, there are new essays or snide conversations about how black people don’t celebrate Kwanzaa. But I’m here to…
... On the fifth day of Kwanzaa, P-Nut gave to meeeee: Fiiive keeeente clooooths! Four calling cards, three French…
This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
This year, for each day of Kwanzaa, The Root is highlighting one person from the community who exemplifies the…
When The Root video producer P.J. Rickards and I stepped onto the streets of Harlem (full disclosure: my beloved hood),…
Many people have wondered why Kwanzaa is not a bigger holiday or why it is overshadowed by Christmas every year (and…
This year, The Root is making the blackest holiday of them all great again!
Yes, we’re serious. When I was asked (or, um, “volunteered”) to edit our Kwanzaa Week series, I was hype!
Sure. This will be one of our shortest explainers ever.
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