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Send a TableTop Greetings Kwanzaa / Holiday Card!
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Send a TableTop Greetings Kwanzaa / Holiday Card!
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Online Bookstores
For your convenience I have added a list of my favorite online bookstores, should you wish to visit and purchase a book relating to Kwanzaa. I am sure that these bookstores will be very helpful. I have personally dealt with most of them and found them very attentive with good customer service. (These bookstores also carry a variety of other subjects — many at discounted prices which I have tried to list for you to the best of my knowledge at the time of this writing.)
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- The Official Kwanzaa Website — Books and... — The University of Sankore Press presents a variety of books, candle holders, video tapes, mats, flags, posters, etc. (If you're looking for something Kwanzaa, this is the site to visit!)
- HarperCollins (Kids Holiday) — Visit HarperCollins and find books for Kwanzaa, Christmas and Hanukkah — lots of other children's selections as well!
- Kwanzaa Information Center's Book & Resource Center — This center is brought to you in the spirit of "UJAMAA" between MelaNet and Several Black Book Retailers. (Lots of books and information! This is certainly the place to visit if you are looking for a book on Kwanzaa.)
- Amazon — Gift Center — A tremendous section dedicated to your Holiday shopping. (Nicely done up for the occasion.)
- BarnesandNoble.com — Gift Center Set up for the Holiday Season in the Barnes and Noble fashion. (Worth a visit!)
- Books.com — Gift Section
- ComputerLiteracy (Bookshops+online) — Gift Compiler — Their new Gift Compiler has Toys and Tools for Technical Humans.
- The Internet Bookshop — The iBS Christmas Gift List — (UNITED KINGDOM) — All done up for the Holidays. — Don't let the name fool you! There are lots of Kwanzaa titles here. Just do a search for Kwanzaa and you have a treat in store! As an added bonus, not only do they have a list of recommended titles for you to browse, but they will also deliver them to the address of your choosing. Furthermore, you can save up to 40%!
- Read.doc — offers big discounts (20–35%) on books from all major publishers, including their bonus discount!
Greeting Cards
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Give the Gift of Communication!
Send a TableTop Greetings Kwanzaa / Holiday Card!
BONUS Some of the links to resources offered on this page need a zip program to unzip them. For your convenience I am including links to PKZip and WinZip. Enjoy! For Kids (of all ages)
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- Kwanzaa Fun from Billy Bear
- Kwanzaa Icons, Cursors (mouse pointers), and Wallpaper — Billy Bear Billy Bear is providing free 15 Kwanzaa icons, 2 cursors (mouse pointers), and 3 wallpapers for your desktop. Visit this site and download via zipped files.
- MidLink Magazine's Holiday Celebration
- Watoto World: The Website for Children, Parents, and Educators of African Decent — Lots of information here. (Certainly worth a visit!)
Graphics/Design Sites
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- FreeGraphics.com — Kwanzaa Graphics — Download a zip file which contains all the graphics you see at this URL plus an additional 24 graphics, all in the same style. All graphics provided by (and created by) FreeGraphics.com. (An interesting, colorful collection! The most comprehensive I have seen to date!)
- More to come. . .
Favorite Recipes
One of the important traditions of Kwanzaa is for friends and relatives to pass on generations of good food and recipes that pay tribute to the African-American heritage. For this reason I intend to include a comprehensive section on food and recipes. If you know of any site or have a recipe that I have not included please feel free to email me and I will be happy to include your favorite Kwanzaa treat here.
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- Kwanzaa Recipes — December 31st is the evening upon which the Kwanzaa Karamu (Feast) is held. This special evening is a time for feasting upon a variety of African-influenced meals as well as acknowledging the importance of history, culture, and family. (Read about the feast and get recipe treats!)
- More Kwanzaa Recipes — Kwanzaa Recipes which include instructions for making traditional holiday foods such as African Squash and Yams (futari), African Green Pepper and Spinach, Sweet Potato Pie, African Vegetarian Stew, Grandmother's Southern Fried Okra, African Tomato-avocado-buttermilk Soup, Benne Cakes, Peanut Soup with Okra Croutons, Okra Croutons. (I always love doing the food section of the holiday pages, except that it makes me so hungry!)
- Benne Cakes — HarperCollins presents Benne Cakes from The Story of Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington, illustrated by Stephen Taylor. Benne cakes are a food from West Africa. Benne means sesame seeds. The sesame seeds are eaten for good luck. This treat is still eaten in some parts of the American South.
- Soul Food Cookbook On-Line — Soul Food is a tasteful delight for all to enjoy. The Soul Food Cookbook On-Line is a collective cookbook for all to enjoy culinary delights born from the Black/African American culture. Select from categories Chicken, Beef, Pork, Fish and Seafood, Vegetables, Bread, Desserts, Beverage, and Other. Add your own recipe or make comments via a separate link! (Really very comprehensive!)
- African Vegetable Stew — African Vegetable Stew sounds like a kummy kwanzaa recipe from Prevention's Healthy Ideas. (In about an hour's time you can have a feast!)
- Casserole of Black-Eyed Peas and Collards — Prevention's Healthy Ideas presents a low calorie, low sodium, and very delicious Casserole of Black-Eyed Peak and Collards. (Another Kwanzaa favorite!)
- City View's Kwanzaa Recipes — Five absolutely lucious vegetarian Kwanzaa recipes which include African Green Pepper and Spinach, African Squash And Yams (futari), African Tomato-avocado-buttermilk Soup, African Vegetarian Stew, and Benne Cakes.
- Peach Soufflé — Prevention's Healthy Ideas presents a simple and healthier soufflé that uses egg whites.
- Sweet Potato Pie — Another fantastic recipe from Prevention's Healthy Ideas is Sweet Potato Pie. (Low calorie, low sodium, and low cholesterol!)
History / Traditions
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- Everything About Kwanzaa — The name of the site says it all. Here you will fine an easy to understand breakdown of the meaning of Kwanzaa and it's significance to the African American.
- A Guide to Celebrating Kwanzaa — One family's Kwanzaa celebration is offered as a example as to how the holiday is observed! (A must read!)
- The Symbols of Kwanzaa — Kwanzaa has seven basic symbols and two supplemental ones. Each represents values and concepts reflective of African culture and contributive to community building and reinforcement. (Visit this site and gain an insight into these symbols and the values they represent!)
- Ashanti Technologies — Ashanti Technologies, Inc. is a leading software developer of Black Multimedia Software. They are dedicated to not only advertising their products and services — but to increasing technology awareness in the Black community. Here you will find free downloads to screen-savers, demo versions of their software, free email (register in one of seven languages), and lots more. Ashanti is dedicated to linking you to other informative web sites of interest to the Black community! (Certainly an interesting site to visit!)
- The Celebration of Kwanzaa — An informative page done in easy to read and understand language — giving detailed background on Kwanzaa! (I liked this page because the format was done simply and smartly!)
- The Kwanzaa Postal Stamp — Kwanzaa Information Center presents the Kwanzaa US Postal Stamp. This is an interesting site. It not only presents the stamp but gives people to comment on what the stamp means to them! (Why not surf on over and read their comments, perhaps you would like to voice your own or maybe even buy the stamp!)
- Hallmark Seasons and Reasons — Kwanzaa — Learn how Kwanzaa originated and the traditions that followed
- Festival.com — Kwanzaa — This is a fantastic site. It has lots of Kwanzaa resource links all in one place. (Hang out a little while and visit their other holiday sites!)
- Kwanzaa.com — Detailed information about Kwanzaa including history and the Seven Principles, or The Nguzo Saba.
- MELANET's Kwanzaa Information Center — Welcome to your Kwanzaa Information Center provided by the MELANET Information and Communications Network. Utilize this on-line guide as you celebrate this African American Holiday.
- Secondary Kwanzaa Symbols — Here you will find a listing of the secondary Kwanzaa Symbols and their definitions.
Music
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