The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kwanzaa">Kwanzaa</a> is celebrated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Karenga" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maulana Karenga">Maulana Karenga</a>, the chair of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africana_studies" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Africana studies">Black Studies</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_University,_Long_Beach" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California State University, Long Beach">California State University, Long Beach</a>.