Kwanzaa celebrates what its founder called the seven principles of Kwanzaa , or `` Nguzo Saba '' ( originally `` Nguzu Saba '' -- the seven principles of African Heritage ) , which Karenga said `` is a communitarian African philosophy , '' consisting of what Karenga called `` the best of African thought and practice in constant exchange with the world . ''
Kwanzaa celebrates what its founder called the seven principles of Kwanzaa , or `` Nguzo Saba '' ( originally `` Nguzu Saba '' -- the seven principles of blackness ) . Karenga said that this `` is a communitarian African philosophy , '' .