• Historic Freetown - One Journey symposium highlights Part 2 (Sep-Oct 2022)

  • Aug 6 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
  • Podcast

Historic Freetown - One Journey symposium highlights Part 2 (Sep-Oct 2022)

  • Summary

  • A virtual 'One Journey' symposium held September 30-October 1, 2022 was the third in a series and featured speakers in Jamaica, Canada, United States, and Freetown West Africa. This symposium highlights different perspectives and contributions of the journeys and legacies of Jamaican Maroons, African-Caribbean connections, and the founding of Historic Maroon Town in Africa 222 years ago in 1800.

    Part 2 West Indians in Sierra Leone - Dr. Nemata Blyden, Historian & Professor, George Washington University - Natassja Bynoe, The African Diaspora Institute of Cultural Exchange and Historical Research, Inc.

    Liberated African Emigration to West Indies & West Indian Immigration

    - Adrian Q. Labor - Akindele T.M. Decker

    Creolized Languages: Krio, Jamaican Patois, Gullah, Suriname Creole - Dr. Malcolm Finney

    Organized by Adrian Q. Labor & Akindele T.M. Decker of African Curator, Barbara Morgan of Zion 230, Adesina During of KDU-Global, in partnership with the Freetown City Council.

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