Welcome to all! Kindly allow me however, to Break protocol to give a very special and warm Welcome to His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, The Asantehene, Monarch of the Ashanti and to His delegation. May I also welcome our Minister of Trade and Industry, Senator the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon and acknowledge her continued partnership …
The Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village is the home of the Pan African Celebrations commemorating Emancipation. Following the blessing of the ground on Sunday 23rd July at 6pm, the Queen’s Park Savannah transforms into a hive of activity that highlights the talents of Trinidad and Tobago through music, art, and craft as well a historic …
His Majesty will bring greetings from Africa at the start of the Kambule Street Procession on Tuesday 1st August, at the Treasury Building at 8am. The visually stunning street parade will end at the Village at the Queen’s Park Savannah. His Majesty will then Address the Celebrations at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village at 2:30pm …
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The Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village was formally opened by Senator the Honourable Randall Mitchell, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts this morning. With libations by Elder Eintou Pearl Springer, performances from Belmont Freetown Folk Performing Arts Company and Performing Poet – Derron Sandy, the Junior Bisnath Moko Jumbies and the Nigerian drumming ensemble …
Emancipation marked the end of an era when human beings could be legally trafficked and enslaved, a period when persons could be whipped and worked till death for the benefit of others, sold, exchanged, and inherited like ‘ chattel’, animals or family silver and other heirlooms. Those persons, women and men, many of whose names …
A brilliant and committed warrior has made his transition. The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago expresses its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of our dearest brother Ifoma Soyinka, one of the longest serving members of the Executive Board of the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago. Ifoma a quiet, …
The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago is pleased to recognise the hard work and contribution of renowned drummer and panman, Everald ‘Redman’ Watson and the talented and diligent student, Safiya Paul, both from the Yoruba Village Community, at this year’s Yoruba Village Drum Festival. The Festival, in its eleventh annual cycle is in …
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Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Mia Mottley will deliver the feature address at the virtual launch of the Pan African Festival TT Commemorating Emancipation, hosted by the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago on May 25, live on UWITV at 5:30 pm EC time. Prime Minister Mottley, who is also the Chair of …
𝐏𝐌 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐓 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓 Read More »
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS)—a multilateral organization that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) conceptualized and helped bring into existence some 25 years ago – concluded its 8th Heads of Government Summit in Managua, Nicaragua on the 29th of March 2019, with the adoption of the historic “Declaration of Managua” and the confirmation of a visionary three year “Plan of Action”. The twenty-five Member …
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In 2019, as the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago hosts its 26th Pan-African Festival TT in Commemoration of Emancipation, we have selected for our theme: Pursuing Recognition Justice and Development The theme pointedly incorporates the watchwords of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) January 1, 2015 – December …
2019 THEME STATEMENT: PURSUING RECOGNITION, JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT Read More »