At this year’s festival, our partners at Ideas i Foundation are championing recycling efforts and overseeing the ESCTT’s first Educational Green Zone. Patrons are encouraged to look out for the onsite recycling bins to separate their empty beverage containers. The Educational Green Zone will showcase local opportunities and resources that are available to help businesses […]
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In Swahili, the word Shikamoo means “I respect you.” Tribute to the elders, those present and those who have passed on to the other realm, is a pillar which the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT) holds dear. On Friday 28th July, on the opening day of the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village,
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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 Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT) is appalled but not shocked by the treatment of the children at the graduation ceremony of Trinity College. We have been closely monitoring the many voices emerging from our national community in response to the issue of the young men of Trinity College who were ostracised
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On May 25th, African Liberation Day, the Emancipation Support committee of Trinidad and Tobago launched the 2023 Pan African FestivalTT commemorating Emancipation. At the launch, on behalf of the Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry, Simone Thorne-Mora Quinones paid particular attention to the Pan African Festival’s role in the
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On Wednesday May 25th, in marking Africa Liberation Day / Africa Day, the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago will Launch the 2022 Pan African FestivalTT Commemorating Emancipation (PAFTT). The ESCTT celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, with the theme Commemorating 30 Years of Transformation and Resilience. The organisation has planned a unique Festival
Rapso is the power of the word, the rhythm of the word, the truth and the light and therefore pure rapso is the living experience of the voice. It is the vocal manifestation of the hopes, fears, visions and aspirations of a people’s struggle for true liberation –Brother Resistance 1986 The Emancipation Support Committee of
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Jeffrey Hamilton Scott, Veteran Drummer receives Keeper of the Tradition Award The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago will for the second year present a Virtual Yoruba Village Drum Festival on Saturday 19th June, 2021. The organisation remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring that the commemoration of Emancipation and the tribute to the
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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,
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