Kawaida
Kawaida is a Swahili word meaning tradition or the common way of doing things. In scholarly and activist contexts, it designates an Afrocentric social philosophy developed in the United States during the 1960s by Maulana Karenga and colleagues as part of the Black nationalist and cultural nationalist movements.
At its core, Kawaida emphasizes the dignity of African heritage, communalism, self-determination, and the transformation of
Kawaida philosophy supplied the theoretical foundation for Kwanzaa, the annual December holiday created by Karenga in
Influence of Kawaida has been seen in Afrocentric pedagogy, community organizing, and cultural nationalist projects. Critics,