It has no real roots to Africa or anything else, it was purely man made by a black power activist. All of its history is made up to try and justify it. In his mind when he went to replace Christmas it was white since it was from Europe and Christian.

http://www.examiner.com/conservative...d-fake-holiday

http://www.textbookleague.org/114kwanz.htm

http://mrminority.blogspot.com/2006/...d-kwanzaa.html

http://voices.yahoo.com/ann-coulter-...ck-152339.html