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Kwanzaa Day Two: Kujichagulia   Heri za kwanzaa!   Welcome back to robinlofton.com where we are working our way through the 7 days of Kwanzaa. Actually, I will say that we are celebrating our way through the 7 days of Kwanzaa because Kwanzaa is indeed a celebration of seven principles of African culture.  Yesterday, we studied and celebrated the foundation of the Kwanzaa celebration, which is Unity (or Umoja).  I hope that you had a good celebration. I would love to hear how you celebrated this important and foundational first day so please let me know at robinlofton.com.   But let me begin with the greeting in the Swahili language of Habari gani!   Do you know your response? No problem, we’re just learning it. Your response on this second day of Kwanzaa is Kujichagulia! The response will change for each day of Kwanzaa.   Today, we move on to the second day of Kwanzaa. Today, we study and celebrate Self-Determination or Kujichagulia (remember that’s the word in Swahili). It encourages us to define ourselve