S6 E10: Why is Kwanzaa a MUST for all Africans?

My African Cliches (English)

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August 11, 1965, in the city of Watts, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Community members witnessed the police hurting a pregnant woman, which started 6-long days of civil unrest. It was the city's worst unrest until the Rodney King riots of 1992

The total toll of the crisis? 34 deaths, over $40 million in property damage and then more unexpected, a celebration. Yes, a celebration called Kwanzaa, directly inspired by this crisis. Didn’t Winston Churchill himself advise to Never let a good crisis go to waste?

Kwanzaa is paradoxically located somewhere:

between some African deepest values and strong stereotypes,
between rituals, evidence and reason,
between the current Black lives struggles of the past and BLM fights today
and finally, because I find it quite interesting to know and celebrate.

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