What is KWANSA.?

Question

I know it is some kind of African-American thing. But I am confused. Since none of the "Africans" could read or write, until the last century, or part of the one before, how did they figure out how to spell it? It is certianly not an English, German, French or Arabic word.

Answer 1

It's spelled Kwanza.

Africans had highly complex cultures and societies before slavery a**hole. Many Africans and yes even black slaves could read and write all the way through the picture..... despite the threat of death from a weak a** enemy that perpetrated a lie and a system of evil to get free labor (the greedy basta%ds). The system of lies began with the threat of death over education... you know if people would write the horrors down they could forward copies all around the world - slaves could organize their resistance (remember John Brown, Denmark Vesey et al or did your one dimensional history book not teach you about those... what did you think the slaves were all cowering and whimpering like children? haha)

Lucky for the african americans today all that hardship meant survival of the fittest and the natural selection bred a nation of people that are physically bigger, stronger and faster as well as being clever as Brer Rabbit and adaptive.

Here's a link to review about slave rebellions:

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/DIASPORA/REBEL.HTM

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=79

http://www.swagga.com/revolts.htm

Answer 2

It was some professors idea of giving african americans a "traditional" african holiday. That it never existed until he came up with it, makes it laughable. I've asked this question of my african american friends, I even asked this of my ex wife and her family, and none of them really knows what it's supposed to be.

Answer 3

It's a phony holiday invented by a black college professor back in the 60s or 70s...

Similar to 'Festivus"

Answer 4

Isn't it spelled "kwanzaa"...it's an African American holiday based on family, community responsibility, commerce and self-improvement.

Lots of info on Wikipedia.