Happy fourth day of Kwanzaa!
Today we celebrate the value of Ujamaa which means cooperative economics in Swahili. Cooperative economics means setting the intention to “build our own businesses, control the economics in our community, and share in all its work and wealth.”
Some of our African ancestors were bought and sold as commodities in the slave trade, and so they were bereft of economic power and autonomy. When we practice cooperative economics, we shift the generational tide of economic powerlessness for ourselves and for our descendants.
For this reason, we light another red candle.
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