Ayin M. Adams

Kwanzaa in Hawaii

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Kwanzaa is a celebratory period of seven days from December 26 - January 1 that acknowledges spirit, the ancestors, and seven principles for living more harmoniously in a ritual that is popular with many African Americans. It celebrates certain values to be embraced by the community, the family, and the individual to help create better, more productive, and fulfilled lives. Although the African American community is small in the Hawaiian Islands, resident groups of African Americans and their friends and families gather together in a tradition to celebrate the 7 principles of Kwanzaa at the end of each year. The principles are: umoja, ujima, ujamaa, kujuchagulia, nia, kuumba, and imani. Dr. Ayin Adams has put together this delightfully creative and informative book to share the philosophical values, cultural poetry, recipes, and photographs of the unique beauty of the Hawaiian Islands and enhance the meaning, scope, depth, and intimate ritual of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa in Hawai`i is a wonderful book for children and adults, for people of all races and cultures, genders and abilities, to encourage the conscious instillation of values to live by in order to strengthen one's personal and collective lives. A unique presentation! The everlasting dream of the mother land of the ancestors, for most exist in virtual reality, as a scent, a rhythm, a beat, a song, a dance, and as a fascination. Without ever having put foot on Africa's soil Adams' voice rings the call of Mama Africa to love and worship her as her children living in the global Diaspora. Adams' poetry resonates all of this, in beautiful phrases and metaphors. Most of all, Adams captures the heritage - that special gift - expressed in simple words 'Hawaii, you see/ is Africa to me'. Adams articulates that there is acceptance wherever you live and that you carry your heritage and identity deep within you, always, as a treasure to cherish, and with pride and dignity!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pacific Lane Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 38
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 216mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9780984122875
• ISBN-10: 0984122877
• Artikelnr.: 40401984

Autorenporträt

Ayin M. Adams is a native New Yorker. She is also an international metaphysician, spiritual director, and intuitive therapist. Adams is a holistic teacher of self-development and consciousness. Adams utilizes her gift of words to heal, educate, and entertain. Adams has been published by "Women in the Moon" publishing, Bum Rush The Page, In The Family, and Quiet Mountain Essays. Adams is the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Awards Finalist for her book, African Americans in Hawai`i: A Search for Identity, the 2015 Bronze Medal Illumination Book Award winner, 1998 winner of the Pat Parker Poetry Award, the 1999 Audre Lorde Memorial Prose Prize, the 2001 President's Award for Literary Excellence, and the Zora Neal Hurston/Richard Wright Award. Adams documents our passage in time using her writings and tonality of voice to help one break out of the current constraints and fragmentation of daily and habitual life. She assists and facilitates individuals to co-create their futures, especially as many of the established structures of society may be falling apart. Adams lives with the intention of suiting up, showing up, and following through. Adams embraces a firm belief that everything is in Divine Order. Ayin M. Adams organizes and leads spiritual retreats geared towards the transformational transcendence of mind, body, and soul.