#umoja

[nictanova]

Umojan shadowguard

[creatingblackcharacters]

Happy Kwanzaa! Habari gani? (I hope that's spelt right, i just learnt-)

Umoja!

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Umoja, magazine, House of Umoja, mid 1970s.

[beardedbookdragon]

Kwanzaa | Smarter In Seconds | Blair Imani @blairimani

[madamlaydebug]

✨ THE SEVEN DAYS OF KWANZAA

Day 1 – Umoja (Unity)

Building and maintaining unity in the family, community, and people.

Day 2 – Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)

Defining, naming, and speaking for ourselves.

Day 3 – Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility)

Working together to build and solve challenges as a community.

Day 4 – Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)

Supporting and circulating resources within our own communities.

Day 5 – Nia (Purpose)

Living with intention and contributing to the greater good.

Day 6 – Kuumba (Creativity)

Using creativity to leave our communities more beautiful than we found them.

Day 7 – Imani (Faith)

Believing in ourselves, our people, and our future.

🕯️ THE KWANZAA CANDLES (KINARA)

Black candle (center): Represents the people

Red candles (left): Represent struggle

Green candles (right): Represent hope and the future

One candle is lit each day to honor the principle being observed.

[arinzeture]

[urarart]

The first entry for the Miraculous Natlan AU, the young superheroes, Umoja and Malipo! (yes yes very original-)

A quick n dirty sketch over an existing base, I'll spend a bit more effort in future works, but this is the first work, yknow! There are more details and design choices in here than what was possible to show, but eh

[s1ncitystudios]

Happy first day of Kwanzaa! ❤️🖤💚