The Seven Principles (Nguzo Saba) of Kwanzaa are:

    Umoja (oo-MOH-jah): Unity

        Success starts with Unity. Unity of family, community, nation and race.

    Kujichagulia (koo-jee-chah-goo-LEE-ah): Self-Determination

        To be responsible for ourselves. To create your own destiny.

    Ujima (oo-JEE-mah): Collective work and responsibility

        To build and maintain your community together. To work together to help one another within your community.

    Ujamaa (oo-jah-MAH): Collective economics

        To build, maintain, and support our own stores, establishments, and businesses.

    Nia (NEE-ah): Purpose

        To restore African American people to their traditional greatness. To be responsible to Those Who Came Before (our ancestors) and to Those Who Will Follow (our descendants).

    Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah): Creativity

        Using creativity and imagination to make your communities better than what you inherited.

    Imani (ee-MAH-nee): Faith