Even us anti-capitalists recognize that economic freedom is power in the good ole US of A. And as it relates to Kwanzaa, on this fourth day, we celebrate Ujamaa (ooh-jaa-mah), meaning cooperative economics and also, “shared wealth and work”, “economic self-reliance” and “obligation of generosity.”
Last year, we feted Richelieu Dennis, and in 2017, it was Chance the Rapper.
This year we are hype!, because not only do Kerry Coddett and Krystal Stark, represent Ujamaa, but they actually wrap this schmoney game in black business promotion, including their own, through their annual Kwanzaa Crawl.
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Kwanzaa Crawl snakes through New York’s Brooklyn and Harlem, N.Y., neighborhoods, both forever changed by the gentrification that has pushed many black people – and businesses – out.
Kwanzaa Crawl is the largest annual bar crawl of its kind, filling the coffers of black-owned restaurants and lounges in Brooklyn and Harlem to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars in one day. It’s a diasporically diverse, festive holiday outing—for adults only —that hits many of the tenets of Kwanzaa. I mean bodyrolling for tha BlackGod while drinking Hennessy AND keeping the flavor in your beloved hood?!!!! It don’t get no better!
