KWANZAA HEIGHTS

Welcome to Kwanzaa Heights

Welcome to Kwanzaa Heights! Come and take in the vibrancy of Congo Square, where there is always a gathering to celebrate the history and culture of our black community: intellectual debates, board games, drum circles, dancing, stories of our ancestors, and great musical performances. You can also learn the history of Kwanzaa here. Go to the Ancestral Altar and pay your respects. Please join us for the outstanding food at our signature restaurant, Harambee Harvest, specializing in food farmed right here in Kwanzaa Heights! In fact, our farms supply much of the food used at the many restaurants throughout Holidayopolis from Hanukkah Town all the way over to Diwaliwood. With all this excitement, you may want to take a moment to pause. That may be just the time to breathe in the tranquility of our beautiful Umoja River.

This is a vibrant community of people from the African diaspora: African Americans, people from the West Indies, the African continent and beyond. This place has been in existence for thousands of years, though our current name came in the late 60s, after a few of our citizens were quite taken with a visitor, who called himself Baba, came through town and told stories of having attended celebrations of “The Seven Principles”.
“The seven principles?”
“Yes, the Seven Principles,” he said, “which are also known as the Nguzo Saba, also known as Kwanzaa. He set up his seven candles and lit one candle each day as he taught a new principle: Umoja (oo-MOH-jah): Unity, Kujichagulia (koo-jee-chah-goo-LEE-ah): Self-Determination, Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective work and responsibility, Ujamaa (oo-jah-MAH): Collective economics, Nia (NEE-ah): Purpose, Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah): Creativity, and Imani (ee-MAH-nee): Faith.” On the last day, he gave each household a Zawadi, a handmade gift, and said: “Harambee! Let’s all pull together!”

Taken with the wisdom of these principles, it is all the residents could talk about for weeks as they carried these principles within their hearts. They decided that they wished they could live in the heights of Kwanzaa all year long. And so. . . Kwanzaa Heights was born!

For information on the origins and the founder of Kwanzaa, visit Congo Square, where we honor our lineage and legacy, as well as the contributors and gifts we have today.

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