LOS ANGELES (AP) - The seven-day African-American festival of Kwanzaa is getting under way with a parade in Los Angeles.
City News Service reports that the parade will start at noon Monday at Crenshaw and Adams Boulevards and end in a festival at Leimert Park.
The festival was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga in what he called "an audacious act of self-determination." Karenga now chairs the department of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Kwanzaa focuses on seven principles including unity, purpose and faith. African foods such as millet, spiced pepper balls and rice are often served.
Karenga writes in an annual message that the festival's 45th anniversary highlights the community's commitment to self-determination and cultural reaffirmation.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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