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For those celebrating the end of year 7 day Black American cultural tradition known as Kwanzaa, on day two we light our second candle to highlight the principle of

KUJICHAGULIA/SELF-DETERMINATION

“To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.”

Photo source: The Baltimore Sun, December 1981.

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Three books from TFBWL book collection that explore this principle:

ASSATA/AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Assata Shakur (non-fiction/memoir)

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER by Jamaica Kincaid (literary fiction)

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For those of us celebrating the end of year seven day Black American cultural tradition known as Kwanzaa, on day three (12/28) we light our third candle to highlight the principle of

UJIMA/COLLECTIVE WORK & RESPONSIBILITY

The full principle states - “To build and maintain our community together, making our siblings’ problems our problems—and working to solve them together.”

Two books from TFBWL book collection that explore today’s Kwanzaa principle:

THE SALT EATERS by Toni Cade Bambara (literary fiction)