Example sentences for: karenga

How can you use “karenga” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Last year, apparently rehabilitated in the eyes of many African-American leaders, Karenga served on the national executive committee for the Million Man March.

  • Despite Karenga's original intention, Kwanzaa takes on a more commercial flavor every year.

  • 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.

  • Although there are no directly analogous African holidays, Karenga drew his inspiration from various African harvest festivals.

  • 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.


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