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"First" is an English equivalent of "Kwanzaa." The word comes from the widely used Swahili language of Africa. It comes from a Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits."
Kwanza = beginning or first, or "at first," or "to start with." The name for the African-American holiday, Kwanzaa, is a derivative of this word, taken from the phrase "matunda ya kwanza," or "first...
Kwanzaa, which translates roughly as first fruits, is not actually a Swahili word. According to The Official Kwanzaa Web Site (see Related Links), it is derived from matunda ya kwanza, a Swahili...