This generation’s leading voice on Haiti – Haitian Scholar, Dr. Jemima Pierre. Sunday June 9th UWI, LRC, 4pm We welcome Dr. Jemima Pierre – A young, brilliant Haitian-American scholar and University Professor to open our 2024 Kwame Ture Memorial Lecture Series, trained as a sociocultural anthropologist in the African Diaspora Program at the University of […]
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Ewa Afrika has made a distinctive mark on the calendar of African fashion presentations, outside of the continent. Our showcase has become the biggest Afro-fashion event in the region, I dare say, with its post-production television airing accessing regional viewership. Ewa Afrika holds its own as a prestigious celebration of our African fashion aesthetic and
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The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT), in collaboration with the Port of Spain City Corporation launched the Pan African Festival TT 2024 at the Murchison Brown Auditorium, City Hall. The launch returned to its beginnings when the Emancipation celebrations were held at City Hall and neighbouring Woodford Square. The theme for this
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The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago extends its solidarity and sends its condolences to the Government and the peoples of Namibia as you mourn the passing and celebrate the life of His Excellency President Hage Geingob your first Prime Minister – from 1990-2002 – who was later elected as President in 2014. We
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On January 9, 2024 the people of Trinidad and Tobago witnessed the cremation of a former Prime Minister ofTrinidad and Tobago, Honourable Basdeo Panday. The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago[ESCTT] adds its voice to that of many organizations and the people of Trinidad and Tobago, who have expressedtheir condolences to the family and
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – November 26, 2023 Naparima Girls’ High School has made History by being the first school to score a hat-trick by winning the National African History Quiz for Secondary Schools for three consecutive years 2021, 2022, 2023. The school entered the competition for the first time in 2021 and
Introduction It is my pleasure to deliver remarks to this distinguished gathering at the 21st Annual Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Symposium, as we celebrate this year’s Pan-African Festival in commemoration of Emancipation. It is an esteemed honour to have in our presence, His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, King of the Ashanti Kingdom. We
The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Symposium is an important forum for creating and expanding business and trade linkages between Trinidad and Tobago, Africa and the rest of the Diaspora. The Symposium combines enlightening discussions with opportunities for networking. Over the past 15 years, the Symposium has featured prominent business professionals from across he diaspora including
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Having A Head For Business — Afro-Trinidadian businesses in the black, a book written by seasoned New York-based Trinidadian journalist Trevor M. Millett will be launched at the Emancipation Support Committee-TT’s Emancipation Village on Saturday 29th July at the VIP Room at 1:45pm, as part of ESC-TT’s programme of activities to mark Emancipation Day. Published
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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
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