Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) lays a wreath at the ‘Negro Aroused’ statue at the Kingston Waterfront during a ceremony on Saturday (March 25). At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe. Governor-General, His Excellency The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has signed a proclamation for the annual observance of the ‘National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Transatlantic Trafficking in Enslaved Africans and Chattel Enslavement.’ This is in keeping with the designation of March 25 by the United Nations as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Slave Trade.
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre) along with (from left) Chair, National Council on Reparations, Laleta Davis Mattis and President, Universal Negro Improvement Association, Steven Golding, display a copy of the signed proclamation for the annual observance of the ‘National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Transatlantic Trafficking in Enslaved Africans and Chattel Enslavement.’ The proclamation was read during a ceremony on Saturday (March 25), at the ‘Negro Aroused’ statue at the Kingston Waterfront.
Last Updated: March 27, 2023
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