Template:Did you know nominations/Umkhosi Wokweshwama


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:01, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Umkhosi Wokweshwama
** ALT1:... that the Zulu festival Umkhosi Wokweshwama was banned by British colonial authorities after the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War?
 * ... that the Zulu festival Umkhosi Wokweshwama was a partial inspiration for the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa?

Created by Pharos (talk). Self-nominated at 16:00, 2 January 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg - Length, Date, QPQ Exempt, and Cite for the main hook check. For ALT1 I cannot find any mention of suppression by the British in the sources, though doing general research I did find a mention of the festive falling out of practice due to general European regulations in footnote 4 here.  If you could point me to where the sources mention the British prohibiting the festive in the 19th century the nom will be good to go.  Mifter (talk) 03:06, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Mifter, it would appear that Pharos added a cite regarding the British ban back on January 15 and forgot to mention that fact here, though I haven't checked it myself to see whether it does the trick. Could you please check, and see whether the issue has been resolved to your satisfaction? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:17, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg - Looking at the cite provided, the NY Times article mentions that the Zulu King was imprisoned (and therefore it would follow that he could not preside over the festival) however it does not explicitly mention the ceremony being banned. Erring on the side of caution for the Main Page, I'm only approving the original hook.  Mifter (talk) 06:25, 6 February 2018 (UTC)