Media Releases

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 by their school principal on the day of their graduation.  We interpret this act as tangible evidence of the ongoing di...

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 present landscape: “The late Black Stalin argues in his well-known calypso, “the Car...

Senator the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon Minister of Trade and Industry Trans-Atlantic-Speech-2022-Revised-29.7.22Download ...

Dr. Natalia Kanem, Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UNFPA will be the feature speaker at the Launch of the 2022 PAFTT And Commemoration of African Liberation Day 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 thi...

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 Trinidad and Tobago is truly shocked and saddened by the news of the transition of Lutalo Makosa  Masimba better known as Broth...

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 ancestors and fathers of the Yoruba Village continues in spite of the challenges presented by th...

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, skilled manager, lawyer, committed to the cause of social and racial justice, was a devoted husband to his w...

On the 19th May at 5.00 p.m. the Caribbean Pan African Network (CPAN) in collaboration with the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago (ESCTT) will host a virtual panel discussion on the current crisis in Haiti in order to provide an in depth understanding of what is happening there, what is at stake for all of us in the Caribbean region as well as the added significance for the Pan-African world. We have mobilized a panel of speakers with a c...

One of the brutal realities confronting humanity is that today we live in a world that is out of balance, one which entrenches the power and wealth of a mainly European/white minority. This is readily established by an examination of statistics on income and economic participation at a global level and within countries. OXFAM estimates that the world’s wealthiest 1% have twice as much wealth as 6.9 billion people. Racial imbalances are also reflected in t...

THE ESCTT CALLS FOR JUSTICE; RENEWED FIGHT AGAINST RACISM The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago  extends its condolences to the family and friends of Mr. George Floyd and members of the Minnesota community in which he lived. We express our outrage at the cold-blooded way in which the 46 year old was murdered by  four  white police men in the state of Minnesota, yet another police murder of an unarmed African American. We s...