About 15 years ago, I had a secretary that celebrated Kwaanza. She was so excited one year because she met a man from Africa and invited him to celebrate Kwaanza with her and her family. She asked him how Kwaanza was celebrated in Africa, it's birthplace. To her chagrin, her guest told her that Kwaanza was an American holiday not widely known in or celebrated in Africa. And here she throught it came from the motherland.
Well from my experience alot of the things Black Americans think about Africa is way off the mark.