Looking for gifts that reflect you culturally?
The 2009 Black Holiday Gifts Guide is even bigger and better than last year's.
Compiled by Zhana, Editor of the More Black Success free ebooks, The African American Holiday Gifts Guide is a living example of Ujamaa - Co-operative Economics. Order the best holiday gifts for your loved ones and support Black-owned businesses at the same time.
Click here to download your copy now for books, music and lots more.
In the UK, visit Black Gifts UK for books, music and more - Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder, Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, Michael Jackson, plus reggae, lovers' rock and more.
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Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, with Pie
Author Patty Pinner dedicated 'Sweety Pies' to her mother Ruth, who said: "A man sees petticoats and brassieres everywhere... but a nice little homemade chocolate pie isn't something he's gonna see on every woman's kitchen table".
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We have loads of great gift ideas for all the family:
* Books for young children, older children, biographies and more
* Music - CDs, DVDs and mp3 downloads
* Toys, games and activities
* Game consoles
* Michael Jackson music
As well as articles, ideas for free online family fun, and lots more.
Get the latest electronics - blu-ray disc players, ipods and more.
Looking for Kwanzaa crafts you can make?
How about African Christmas recipes?
Click here to download your copy now.
We have loads of great gift ideas for all the family:
* Books for young children, older children, biographies and more
* Music - CDs, DVDs and mp3 downloads
* Toys, games and activities
* Game consoles
* Michael Jackson music
As well as articles, ideas for free online family fun, and lots more.
Get the latest electronics - blu-ray disc players, ipods and more.
Looking for Kwanzaa crafts you can make?
How about African Christmas recipes?
Click here to download your copy now.
Culturally Relevant Gifts
How to Black people shop for gifts?
We want to choose gifts he, she and they will love.
We want high-quality gifts which will arrive well in time for the big day.
We want to keep within a budget (yeah, right).
We want to avoid leaving everything to the last minute.
We may shop till we drop, in which case we will need some pampering.
On top of these considerations, African American people often want to find gifts which are culturally relevant for us and our children.
We expect to find toys, games, books and music that reflect our experience in positive ways.
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We want to choose gifts he, she and they will love.
We want high-quality gifts which will arrive well in time for the big day.
We want to keep within a budget (yeah, right).
We want to avoid leaving everything to the last minute.
We may shop till we drop, in which case we will need some pampering.
On top of these considerations, African American people often want to find gifts which are culturally relevant for us and our children.
We expect to find toys, games, books and music that reflect our experience in positive ways.
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Positive Images
A recent (2005) film entitled Black Doll/White Doll showed that, even now, in the 21st century, Black children as young as three or four preferred a white doll to one which resembled them. They said the white doll was "prettier".
So there is still a need for positive cultural reinforcement to build African American children's self-esteem and confidence.
Black parents need to find gifts this holiday season which will help their children love, value and appreciate themselves and those who look like them.
Christmas and Kwanzaa provide excellent opportunities for this kind of positive cultural reinforcement. And there is a huge range of products available.
But the children won't have all the fun! The 2009 Black holiday gifts guide will feature gifts for him and for her, along with electronic games, board games, puzzles, posters and books for children and adults alike.
For more great gift ideas, see Celebrating the Legend That Is Motown.
So there is still a need for positive cultural reinforcement to build African American children's self-esteem and confidence.
Black parents need to find gifts this holiday season which will help their children love, value and appreciate themselves and those who look like them.
Christmas and Kwanzaa provide excellent opportunities for this kind of positive cultural reinforcement. And there is a huge range of products available.
But the children won't have all the fun! The 2009 Black holiday gifts guide will feature gifts for him and for her, along with electronic games, board games, puzzles, posters and books for children and adults alike.
For more great gift ideas, see Celebrating the Legend That Is Motown.
Supporting Black Businesses and the Black Community
Co-operative Economics, or Ujamaa, is one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It is also the basis on which the African American Holiday Gifts Guide is published.
To quote the Official Kwanzaa Website, Ujamaa means "To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together".
Who better to provide culturally relevant gifts than African American and other Black-owned companies?
What I really love about producing this gifts guide is that I get to help promote exciting new products provided by Black business-owners and entrepreneurs. These gifts are often original and unique. No need to worry that someone else will have given him or her the same gift.
To quote the Official Kwanzaa Website, Ujamaa means "To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together".
Who better to provide culturally relevant gifts than African American and other Black-owned companies?
What I really love about producing this gifts guide is that I get to help promote exciting new products provided by Black business-owners and entrepreneurs. These gifts are often original and unique. No need to worry that someone else will have given him or her the same gift.
Black History Board Game
It's important that learning is fun for all the family.
In my book Black Success Stories, Jak Dodd talks about how he developed the Nubian Jak board game. Players compete to give factual information about a wide range of topics regarding Black history and culture, including education, entertainment, sports, the arts and the sciences. Although the game originally included only Black people in Europe, it now includes people of African culture on every contient.
For more information and to order your copy, visit Do You Think Like a Success?
For your free copy of the Black holiday gifts guide, visit: Black Holiday Gifts Guide
In my book Black Success Stories, Jak Dodd talks about how he developed the Nubian Jak board game. Players compete to give factual information about a wide range of topics regarding Black history and culture, including education, entertainment, sports, the arts and the sciences. Although the game originally included only Black people in Europe, it now includes people of African culture on every contient.
For more information and to order your copy, visit Do You Think Like a Success?
For your free copy of the Black holiday gifts guide, visit: Black Holiday Gifts Guide
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- Big Fritz Big Fritz Aug 21, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
- Great info...
keep it coming....
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- MysticDiva MysticDiva Aug 18, 2009 @ 9:38 am
- I went to a Black Doll and Crafts show in New York recently and was floored by the tremendous talent displayed. I purchased several dolls for myself and plan to purchase 2 more as Christmas gifts for my grand daughters.
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