If Ever There Was a Year to Celebrate Kwanzaa, 2020 Is That Year

Yes, it’s still happening if you want it to

Adrienne Gibbs
ZORA
Published in
2 min readDec 23, 2020

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A family lighting kinara candles and celebrating Kwanzaa
Photo: Sue Barr/Image Source/Getty Images

It used to be that Kwanzaa events were held at nearly every Black church, theater, and event space around and you could plan on going any day of the week after Christmas to celebrate the Nguzo Saba. But this is 2020 and Covid-19 means that our collective gathering situation has been…

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Adrienne Gibbs
ZORA
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Director of Content @Medium. Award-winning journalist. Featured in a Beyoncé reel. Before now? EBONY, Netflix, Sun-Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe.