[JeanLM]

The language of Kwanzaa is Swahili which is spoken only in East Africa. All the slaves came from West Africa so none of this makes any sense to their descendents. The inventor probably didn't know this.

I ran into someone who made a distinction between a Jamaican and an "African-American", as if the Jamaican was descended from ancestors who came from some other place than Africa. Strange what words do to perceptions of difference.

[PallMal]

I ran into someone who made a distinction between a Jamaican and an "African-American",

Jamaica is a sovereign country, therefore the inhabitants there are not Americans. That's the difference.