Official Happy Emancipation Day!!!!!

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To all an official Happy Emancipation Day

August 1st

 

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I'm going to have to reserve my celebration until the 8th of August. That's the way the do it in my old man's hometown.

 

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Caribbean

Emancipation Day is widely observed in the British West Indies during the first week of August.
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ended slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834.
In many Caribbean countries, the Emancipation Day celebration is a part of carnivals which take place during this time.


Bermuda

Emancipation Day is a national holiday in Bermuda on August 1, though it is usually celebrated on August 2. On the island the holiday is better known as the first day of "Cupmatch", an annual two day bipartisan cricket competition, between the opposing St. George's and Somerset cricket clubs.


Barbados

On the island of Barbados, emancipation is observed on August 1. The celebration includes various events held at Emancipation Roundabout in St. Michael. This location is the site of a statue honoring "Bussa", the leader of the slave revolt at Bayley's Plantation.


Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago was the first country in the world to declare a national holiday to commemorate the abolition of slavery.

Emancipation Day is celebrated every year on August 1st in Trinidad and Tobago. This celebration is in remembrance of the full freedom of slaves from plantations and masters and the gaining of personal autonomy.

Bahamas

Emancipation Day is more commonly referred to in the Bahamas as August Monday as it is celebrated on the first Monday in August. Celebrations are mainly concentrated in Fox Hill village, Nassau - a former slave village whose inhabitants, according to folklore, heard about their freedom a week after everyone else on the island.

Anguilla

In Anguilla, August Monday is the first Monday in August. Although it also commemorates the Emancipation Act, it is also the first day of "August Week", the Anguillian carnival celebrations. Jouvert morning is celebrated on this day, as carnival commences.


Guyana and Jamaica celebrate on August 1.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Day

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Emancipation Celebration Programme 2007[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Theme 2007: "Remember the Middle Passage : Act to repair the damage"

Lidj Yasu Omowale Village,
Jean Pierre Complex / Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad & Tobago
July 27th-August 1st 2007

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]Schedule of Activities 2007[/FONT][/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Open everyday 10 am to 10 pm - Trans Atlantic Expo: wide range of products from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America on sale; wholesale opportunities; DJ; Live entertainment; Fine Art Exhibition; Educational exhibitions; Morning Workshops for children, youth and adults.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Leading the Emancipation Day Parade [L-R]: Education Minister Hazel Manning; Prime Minister Patrick Manning; ESC Chairman,Khafra Kambon; Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo; Culture Minister Joan Yuille Williams[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Batoto Yetu of Harlem, N.Y., performing on stage, Opening Night 2005 [/FONT]​

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Activities on and off stage at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Village[/SIZE][/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ancestral Call & Blessing of the Ground -Sunday, July 22nd 2007- 6.00 pm [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Date[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Time[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Activity[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Venue[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thur. 26 July [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7.30 pm
[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Annual Diaspora Film Classic[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Foyer of the Financial Complex[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fri. 27 July [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 8.00 pm[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Grand Opening- Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village - A dramatic theatrical presentation of the African Story produced and directed by Award winning team: Eintou Springer, Noel Blandin, Pat Cambridge, Louis McWilliams. [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jean Pierre Complex / Hasely Crawford Stadium [/FONT]​

.[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sat. 28 July[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 3.00 pm [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rythms of the People[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Lidj Yasu Omowale Village [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8.00 pm [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Black is Beautiful: Concert in tribute to Duke - featuring South Africa's Lorraine Klaasen , Ghana's Sekyereman Cultural Troupe, Super Blue, Singing Sandra, Duke, The Lydians Singers and others [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jean Pierre Complex[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sun. 29 July[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 10.00am [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Family Day [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Lidj Yasu Omoawale Village[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]11.00am[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Food fair: A culinary exposition of diverse African foods,[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Lidj Yasu Omowale Village[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif].[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 5.00 pm [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pan Night: Steel & Jazz:[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]With[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Desperadoes, Renegades, [/FONT]Invaders, Couva joylanders, Clive Zanda Ensemble[/FONT][/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jean Pierre Complex / Hasely Crawford Stadium [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mon. 30 July[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] from 10.00am[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Youth Day Activities
Children’s Workshops (in dance & other cultural artforms, history), Story Telling Youth Seminar[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Lidj Yasu Omowale Village[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 7.30 pm[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]International Forum on Africa & Its Diaspora[/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Lidj Yasu Omowale Village[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 8.00 pm[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Youth Take Over - Concert [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jean Pierre Complex / Hasely Crawford Stadium [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Tue. 31 July [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8.00 am[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]International Business Forum [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TBA[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8.00 pm[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Legends: Barrington Levy, David Rudder, Coco T, Everton Blender[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jean Pierre Complex / Hasely Crawford Stadium[/FONT][/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Wed. 1 August[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]EMANCIPATION DAY [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8.00am[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kambule 2007
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Emancipation Street Procession
ALL DAY CULTURAL PROGRAMME[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Brian Lara Promenade to Lidj Yasu Omowale Village[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif].[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 8.00 pm [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Flambeaux Procession [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]from Lidj Yasu Omowale Village to All Stars Pan Yard, Duke St, P.O.S. [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Min. Penelope Beckles lights a flambeau at the ancestral call & blessing of the ground, Lidj Yasu Omowale Village [/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Flambeau procession at night on August [/FONT]​

http://www.emancipationtt.org/scheduletable.htm

 

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I'm going to have to reserve my celebration until the 8th of August. That's the way the do it in my old man's hometown.

You could have said that shit without rating the thread 1 star..... if it doesn't pertain to you then just step....



The more we can understand what is happening in all parts of teh diaspora the more enlightened we become...

 

[divine]

5 star!

 

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OBJECTIVES OF THE Emancipation Support Committee

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Emancipation Support Committee aims to function as an integral part of the network of Africans in the diaspora engaged in the work of transformation and development targeted at the restoration of African self-hood, spiritual connectedness, and creative, economic and social potential. The Emancipation celebrations are considered as one of the principal vehicles through which the Committee can engage other local organizations, the people of Trinidad & Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean, other Africans in the diaspora and on the African continent in the united effort that is needed.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In furtherance of this goal, the organization seeks to pursue programmes and projects which would enable it to be a powerful moral and social force capable of influencing the direction the society takes. Among the organization's stated objects are:[/FONT]

• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To organize the national observance of the Emancipation of Africans from chattel slavery in Trinidad and Tobago, and the former British empire, and to fully utilize the capabilities of member organizations, other interested persons and organizations in doing so.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To engage in joint initiatives with other countries where Emancipation Day is also celebrated, regionally and internationally, to produce the highest quality commemoration and to ensure the greatest possible recognition and appreciation of emancipation by the global community.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To educate the population at large about the meaning of emancipation.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To deepen networking processes among African organizations in Trinidad & Tobago[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To develop a broad range of solid regional and international relationships in the fields of culture, intellectual exchange, sharing of human resources, economics and all other areas relevant to African development.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To ensure that Africans develop an equitable stake in the economy of Trinidad & Tobago[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To assist Africans to restore the emphasis once placed on learning and to establish activities which will continue to build Africans' self knowledge, self esteem, social awareness, and general knowledge on a global scale.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To seek appropriate representations of Africans in the mass media and in the formal education system[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To ensure respect for African religious forms and support initiatives for the development of African spirituality[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To act as an advocate for African interests in Trinidad and Tobago and to broaden that advocacy strategically to embrace causes of, and relevant to Africans anywhere in the world.[/FONT]

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Ujamma Ambatana and COBA Dance Performances

 

[gonzo8402]

You could have said that shit without rating the thread 1 star..... if it doesn't pertain to you then just step....



The more we can understand what is happening in all parts of teh diaspora the more enlightened we become...

My bad homie. That was me that 1 starred it by mistake. My mouse fucks up at times

 

[Pussy Krook]

5 star!

 

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I hope the Caribbean peeps get on board.........




A little history:

Makandal and Liseli Daaga


MAKANDAL DAAGA

Makandaal
Daaga

No leader has affected the course of history in Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean as has Makandal Daaga (born Geddes Granger). His contribution to the growth of this region is incalculable.

Makandal Daaga was born and still lives in Laventille, unlike many of his contemporaries, who have acted out the words of Nobel Prize Laureate Derek Walcott, when he said “ to ascend from here was to go down”.

Both his parents made memorable contributions to national life. His mother, a simple housewife, nurtured in her home, several persons who were not members of her family but she encouraged them to become some of the more prominent persons in national life.

His father, Phillip Granger, a former World War I soldier and a barber, with a shop on Charlotte Street was the mentor of many of the Spiritual Baptist and Orisha leaders of the mid twentieth century. He baptised , advised and guided nearly all of them.

It was Philip Granger who chaired the meeting at which Elton George Griffith was chosen as Archbishop of the National Evangelical Spiritual Baptist Faith. Griffith eventually led the Shouter Baptists to their liberation from the ban imposed on them by the British.

Daaga’s schoolmates at Belmont Intermediate (now Belmont Secondary) and at St Mary’s College recognized in him extraordinary leadership, both in the classroom and on the sports field. He has always been a man of ideas, with a keen sense of organisation, an enterprising spirit and very people oriented.

This was reflected in a major development in Daaga’s and the nation’s life when around Independence 1962, he formed an organization called PEGASUS. This organization which is still spoken of in the most glowing terms, attracted some of the most prominent and influential persons of the day.

There were chapters in every part of the country. Roy Mitchell, a former leader of Pegasus said, “ PEGASUS as not a club, it was not just an organization, Pegasus was an inspiration, a movement a spirit from which great things would have been expected from Trinidad and Tobago”

PEGASUS was the first body to give National Awards. It took the lead in honouring our citizens long before any government National Awards were introduced. It also took the lead in honouring National Heroes, the first two being Arthur H. Mc Shine who was responsible for the Trinidad Co operative Bank (the Penny Bank) and Captain Arthur Andrew Cipriani.

Five years after founding PEGASUS, Makandal entered the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, and became President of the Guild of Undergraduates. He brought quite a number of Changes to the University, in particular, he made it very clear that the student was the University and therefore had a right and a responsibility to sit on all Boards of the University, with the exception of the examination boards.

With an equal concern for national development, Makandal inspired the university toward a hitherto unseen type of student activism that ranged from teaching voluntarily in the more depressed areas to providing assistance in solving all types of communal problems.

While at the University, Makandal formed the National Joint Action Committee, in direct response to the discrimination against Caribbean students at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia), in Montreal Canada.

NJAC mobilized the country for one whole year before the 56 days of demonstrations from February 26th 1970 to April 21st 1970. Makandal Daaga became a prime target for the establishment. He was imprisoned on four different occasions. Between 1970 and 1973 he spent more time in prison that he had spent in freedom. There were more than seven attempts on his life, but this has not deterred him from his path.

Makandal has made enormous efforts and in the simplest terms to clarify the ideology, the motivation and the strength of the party. On 26th November 1972, at a mass rally at Palms Club, San Fernando, Makandal declared that the ideology of the National Joint Action Committee “is nothing more than the demands of the people”.

He continued, “ NJAC’s motivation is nothing more than our love for the people. And our strength is nothing more than the interaction between our love for the people and the people’s love for their vanguard”.

In Makandal’s estimation leadership is not about being self-righteously and arrogantly lording power or authority over the people. To him therefore, humility must be one of the Cardinal virtues of leadership. This he has constantly practiced.

His concept of leadership is given in the title, Chief Servant which he has chosen and which was endorsed by the party.


The esteem in which Makandal Daaga is held extends beyond Trinidad & Tobago. In 1974 he was made leader of the Caribbean Steering Committee for the 6th Pan African Conference that was held in Tanzania.
This umbrella organization had included the leadership of most, if not all progressive political organizations in the Caribbean, persons like Raymond Charlotte of Cayenne, Tim Hector of Antigua, Bobby Clarke of Barbados, Eusi Kwayana of Guyana, Maurice Bishop of Grenada, and Makandal Daaga of Trinidad & Tobago.

As before, Makandal Daaga paid a heavy price for his leadership. At one time he was banned from every Caribbean territory except, Guyana. One occasion his wife, Mrs. Liseli Daaga was refused entry into St. Vincent because; she was the wife of Makandal Daaga. Makandal Daaga is still effectively banned from entering the United States of America.

Makandal Daaga has soldiered on, however. In 1987 the African Methodist Episcopal Church honoured him during the Church’s 200th Anniversary celebrations.In that year as well the African Methodists Episcopal Church’s University, Morris Brown College, Atlanta offered him an honorary doctorate for his outstanding contribution to the development of consciousness of his people, but since he was banned from the United states, he was unable to accept it as he would have liked.

Within recent times several local organizations have honoured him and he has been immortalised by a number of calypsonians. Two of them are noted here: There are two calypsos that paint a picture of the regard in which Makandal Daaga is truly regarded.

One calypso comes from Chalkdust and there is a verse which states:
The Job you now hold though you have no GCE,
You could now walk tall though you didn’t go to CIC
You ranking high in the police or army
Before 1970 it just couldn’t be
Mister Supervisor
Foreman or manager
You on top the ladder
Sister say thanks to Granger
Sister Say thanks to Daaga

The other Calypso written by a much younger bard, Kurt Allen and sung by Roger George, said in the Chorus
Don’t wait, don’t wait till he gone
Right now lets put it on
Please don’t treat we Daaga
Like what they did to Butler
Don’t wait till he gone
Right now put the Chief crown on


http://www.njactt.org/Makandaal Daaga.htm

 

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You could have said that shit without rating the thread 1 star..... if it doesn't pertain to you then just step....

I didn't rate this thread at all, mother fucker!

 

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I didn't rate this thread at all, mother fucker!

Sorry about that, you were the only poster at the time. The person already fessed up.

BTW, I'm not a mother fucker....

 

[TriniPimp]

Thanks!!

 

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Roy Sethapelo and the Nigerian High Commissioner Chiogozie Obi-Nnadozie

Emancipation Support Committee Chairman Khafra Kambon

 

[Mo-Better]

Do you know how many black people have never heard of Emancipation Day? Good looks.

 

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Do you know how many black people have never heard of Emancipation Day? Good looks.

I hope more of the Caribbean peeps could drop some pictures, event coverage etc.....in their country.


In Trinidad & Tobago it is a national holiday where the entire country is off and people actually where African clothing to work the day before including the President & prime Minister!

 

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Launch of Kwame Ture Lecture Series featuring Phlip Emeagwali

 

[Rawness]

Do you know how many black people have never heard of Emancipation Day? Good looks.

Me.

 

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Amadi's Drum Talk - A Tribute to the Drums

Ushers

Preparing backstage

Brother Resistance

Network Riddum Band

 

[bermyshotta]

"cupmatch time in bermuda jam bermuda" yo biggup all bermy crew somerset large up de cup go west. yo ima take pics 2 day hope de ass out

 

[bigirl]

I missing j'ouvert as we type

 

[gonzo8402]

I missing j'ouvert as we type

u too old for j'ouvert

 

[bigirl]

u too old for j'ouvert

WTF your problem? We do it til we can't do it anymore

 

[BIGPHIL]

Happy Emancipation Day to all mi Yardies dem.....BP

 

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East Side Plaza African Fashion Competition 2008

 

[Otis Supreme]

and what a coincidence.....2day's my bday.

 

[bigirl]

Wow kaya we definitely do not have as much stuff as you guys do. The stuff is spread out over the next 2 weeks. Jr and Sr Calypsonian competitions, Swimsuit competitions, Talented Teen, Miss Ecstasy, several boat races, etc.

 

[Young Sir]

great post 5 stars...

 

[thereason]

Jan 1st is mine....but will celebrate anyway

 

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Wow kaya we definitely do not have as much stuff as you guys do. The stuff is spread out over the next 2 weeks. Jr and Sr Calypsonian competitions, Swimsuit competitions, Talented Teen, Miss Ecstasy, several boat races, etc.

Ours is more of a cultural event instead of a party event.

There is an entire cultural village set up.

There is also an African head of state every year.

Real good positive vibes.....

Lecture series including visiting African/African American professors, activists etc...

Fashion shows showcasing our African influenced dress.

Concerts, performances, drumming featuring several drumming schools, traditional dances and songs etc.....


We keep the culture strong.

In fact it is at one of these lecture series featuring Kwame Toure that I shook and spoke with the brother before he was returned to the Creator......

 

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We keep the culture strong.

So I see. I wish we did like that. The only real culture we see is all the older ladies come with all the old time dishes and things. Boat building and racing is our national sport and has a huge place in our history. The rest is just a big bacchanal and nothing African at all

 

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So I see. I wish we did like that. The only real culture we see is all the older ladies come with all the old time dishes and things. Boat building and racing is our national sport and has a huge place in our history. The rest is just a big bacchanal and nothing African at all

What a lot of Americans don't know is that Caribbean people have been in the forefront of their struggles from the beginning right up to now.

That is love........

 

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Strange thing happened in work today.

I told a co-worker that it was my Emancipation Day commemoration and she said "Emancipation Proclamation!".

I said no, "It's the commeration of all those Africans who fought and died for freedom from slavery"

She was like........


Even if she is American, why are white people shaping the image of what Emancipation is?

Where is the voice of the descendants of all those Africans who died fighting for freedom?



That is what Emancipation should be about, not the celebration of Lincoln signing a piece of paper......

 

[Damn Right]

The more we can understand what is happening in all parts of teh diaspora the more enlightened we become...

iokay then.....so why don't u break it down to us about the celebratory day of juneteenth which we black folks over here recognize? (tell us w/o googling, of course)