My daughter, Kennedy I.
Thedford, inspired me to write about why the African American holiday of Kwanzaa has two A s when the Swahili word has only one.
She asked the question because all other holidays, such as Christmas and Hanukkah, have a story behind them.
What was the story of Kwanzaa? I didn't have an answer, so I began researching the holiday.
In conducting that research, I ran across different stories of why Kwanzaa has that extra A.
One explanation said that an extra A was added to the .
