
Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday, is a first fruits harvest festival based largely on Umkhosi Wokweshwama, a celebration among the Zulus in South Africa. It is also known as the Calabash Festival or Umkhosi Woselwa. Moreover, Kwanzaa derived its name from the Kiswahili...

Once upon a time there was a little dog named Rosco that lived in our neighborhood. As we left for work and school, Rosco roamed the subdivision without a care in the world. When we returned home at the end of the day, Rosco was still walking the streets in the subdivision,...