Kokayi Ajamu, a commodities broker for local corporations and the host of the radio show “The Voices of New Afrika,” speaks as the “King” of Kwanzaa during the day-one celebration at the New Chicago Performing Arts Center, 1036 Firestone Ave. Also Pictured: Osupa Moon, president, Mid-South Kwanzaa Inc. (Photo: Tyrone P. Easley/The New Tri-State Defender)