English-speaking countries throughout the Caribbean celebrate Emancipation Day on August 1. The public holiday was by no means gifted by the British Empire or even white abolitionists. It was the result, according to Ajamu Nangwaya, PhD., organizer, writer, and educator at the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, of “accumulate covert and overt acts” of resistance by enslaved Africans.
Join us for an evening of celebration and comradery and community.
Happy Emancipation Day!
