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Karenga took the holiday's name from the Swahili phrase matunda yakwanza , meaning "first fruit."
Although there are no directly analogous African holidays, Karenga drew his inspiration from various African harvest festivals.
Karenga's early attempts to popularize the holiday were directed at a relatively small group of activists.
Beginning in the late 1970s, however, Kwanzaa began to attract coverage in the mainstream press . The attention grew as Karenga modified his rhetoric to appeal to a broader audience, and as interest in multiculturalism burgeoned in the late 1980s.
In the 1960s, Karenga feuded openly with other black leaders, and some of his followers were convicted in a plot to assassinate members of the Black Panthers.