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DATE |
EVENT |
RATIONALE |
VENUE |
CONTACT |
2nd March |
Sankofa III – Panel Discussion |
To explore the history of the TTA and the campaign for its abolition |
Institute of Jamaica |
Liberty Hall & IOJ - 948-8639/40 |
5th to 10th March |
Exhibition on Cricket World Cup |
To showcase the contributions of black people to the dev. of cricket |
Westmoreland Parish Library |
Cecil Graham |
6th March |
Celebrating Ghana’s 50th independence |
To recognise diaspora links and show solidarity |
UTECH |
African Cultural Renaissance Movement, UTECH |
8th March |
International Women’s Day Exhibition |
To celebrate the women ancestors |
St. Catherine Parish Library |
St. Catherine Parish Library |
10th March |
Panel discussion “The Contributions of the Descendants of Enslaved Africans to the Development of Cricket”
|
To recognize the role of the descendants of enslaved Africans in the dev. of cricket.
|
Parish Council Hall, Falmouth, Trelawny |
JNBC, the Trelawny Parish Council & the Home-Coming Committee– 970-4441; 978-0745 |
14th March |
Launch of Lucille Mair’s book , A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica |
To honour anti-TTA heroines and feminists |
UWI, Mona
(Guest speaker, Amb. Gail Mathurin |
The Press, UWI – 927-1660-9 |
15th March |
Panel Discussion on women and the abolition of the TTA |
To recognise the female freedom fighters |
Portland Parish Library- 3pm |
Lorraine McLean\Portland Parish Library |
16th March |
Film Festival & public lecture on reparation |
To continue public education on the TTA |
New Kingston |
SDC, JNBC & Cricket World Cup, Local office |
19th – 24th March |
Parish wakes ahead of the March 25th Funeral Rites |
Traditional practice leading up to the Funeral Rites |
Parish venues TBA |
Parish JCDC offices; Director of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Ent. & Culture |
25th March |
Commemorative events by Churches & other groups & agencies |
To recognize the role of spirituality in the lives of our ancestors, who always used religion to get them through their difficulties; who always celebrated momentous events by worshipping & showcasing the Creole and African cultures |
Island-wide |
All religious denominations and spiritual groups |
25th March |
Funeral Rites for the Ancestors
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To give the ancestors a proper burial. To keep in the public eye the real history of the African holocaust – even as the UK celebrates Wilberforce and the parliamentary campaign |
Kingston Harbour
|
JNHT, JCDC, IRIE-FM
& MTEC
|
26th March |
“Freedom Delayed & Jamaica’s Reparation Claim”: Role of the Church |
To explore the meaning of 1807 |
Philippo Baptist Church, Spanish Town |
St. Catherine Parish Library
Tel: 984-2356 |
26th March |
Special event as suggested by the UN |
To recognize the bicentennial of the Act as stipulated by the UN |
Jamaican Parliament |
Ministry of Tourism, Ent & Culture; OPM
960-1459
|
27th March |
Lecture by Rupert Lewis |
Official launch of Jamaica Library Service bicentennial activities |
St. Andrew Parish Library |
Janet Cousins, Toni Ann Fraser
Tel:926-3310-2 |
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