GLOBAL KWANZAA PLAYLIST

Nguzo Saba in sound — roots, rhythm, resistance, and reverence

Umoja (Unity)

🎶 One Love / People Get Ready – Bob Marley

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g🎶 Yé – Burna Boy

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_xG7uB8jJg

Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)

🎶 Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJ0q7X3DLM🎶 Zombie – Fela Kuti

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5x6pbJMyU

Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility)

🎶 Redemption Song – Bob Marley

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv5xonFSC4c🎶 Senzeni Na? – Hugh Masekela

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-3Q5p8LxvM

Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)

🎶 War – Bob Marley

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFaYg_G2Dzo🎶 International Thief Thief – Fela Kuti

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GxqvnQyaxs

Nia (Purpose)

🎶 Africa Unite – Bob Marley

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0f8S0ZpW0🎶 Homeless – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H6n4EJw6Po

Kuumba (Creativity)

🎶 Sun Is Shining – Bob Marley

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kU8i0J9R0A🎶 Yèkè Yèkè – Mory Kanté

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDZ9HYCAknc

Imani (Faith)

🎶 Three Little Birds – Bob Marley

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8🎶 Aman Iman – Tinariwen

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1YIgwPsX5Q

SPOKEN-WORD INVOCATION

We light these flames not just for seven days,
but for every breath we take.

Umoja — so we remember we are not alone.
Kujichagulia — so we speak our names without apology.
Ujima — so no one carries the burden alone.
Ujamaa — so abundance circulates, not hoarded.
Nia — so our lives mean something beyond survival.
Kuumba — so beauty outpaces destruction.
Imani — so we trust the rhythm even when the path is unseen.May our steps be intentional.

May our dances heal the land.
May our joy be revolutionary.Ashe. Aho. And so it grooves.