One holiday tradition my mom always wanted to do with us but never did is celebrate Kwanzaa. She did educate me on what it is and what everything means, but we never got around to ever doing it. But now that I’m starting my own family, I wanted to do celebrate this year (even if Baby won’t be around to see it.) That way we’ll be ready to celebrate it the way we should when Baby is bigger.
So, for 2020 I decided to celebrate Kwanzaa through literature. I’ll be listing the principles for each day along with a book that matches the principles. If you can think of other titles that match the principles, tell me, I’d love to discuss.
Day 6 is Kuumba. It means Creativity. The process is much of the same, light the previous candles, and then light the middle green candle. The person who lights it then makes a statement about Creativity. I read that this means to make your community more beautiful than you found it. For me, I use my creativity for my new found love of Book Journaling. I’ve only done a few spreads so far, but I plan to fully dive into it next year.
The book I thought about first when thinking of Creativity was:
Bri is a battle rapper and can come up with raps and music on the top of her head. If that’s not being creative I don’t know what is. That’s not a talent just anyone can do, so it’s so impressive that she can. And it impresses me further to think about Angie Thomas who wrote her because she can rap too.
What about you? What books do you think of when you think of Kuumba or Creativity? Do you think of this one as well? Let me know in the comments!