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WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 08 April 2022

JAMAICA | The Centre for Reparation Research honours “Chief Takyi Day”

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica April 8, 2022 - The Government of Jamaica has declared the 8th of April “Chief Takyi Day” in commemoration of the Ghanian Chief who showed extraordinary courage and bravery in leading the 1760 St Mary War in an effort to end chattel enslavement in Jamaica and liberate the country from British rule.

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 08 April 2022

JAMAICA | The Centre for Reparation Research honours “Chief Takyi Day”

Timbuktu manuscripts placed online are only a sliver of West Africa’s ancient archive

The ancient Timbuktu manuscripts of Mali were back in the headlines following internet giant Google’s initiative to host a collection of them at an online gallery. The images of the...

Charles C. Stewart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Culture & Lifestyle 04 April 2022

JAMAICA | 77 Regional Officer Cadets graduate from Caribbean Military Academy (CMA)

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 24, 2022 - Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) inaugural Initial Officer Training Programme (IOTP) 2021 Commissioning Parade...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 25 March 2022

BRITAIN | Slave Trader Memorial remains at Jesus College Chapel says Consistory Court

CAMBRIDGE, England, March 23, 2022 - The monument to a 15th century slave trader, Tobias Rustat, which is prominently mounted on a wall in the Jesus College chapel of Cambridge...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 24 March 2022

JAMAICA | Start the Reparation Conversation Now Says UWI Centre for Reparation Research

KINGSTON, March 22, 2022 - Quoting historian Brooke Newman who said it was no secret that the history of the British royal family is intertwined with slavery, The UWI Centre...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 23 March 2022

BARBADOS | Re-introducing The Ethiopian National Anthem

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, March 20, 2022 - Ambassador David Comissiong, in his capacity of Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, has launched what has become known as the The Universal Ethiopian Anthem, composed ...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 21 March 2022

JAMAICA | Major Highway to be named in honour of Harry Belafonte says Holness

WASHINGTON DC, March 1, 2022 - One of Jamaica’s highways is to be named in honour of renowned singer and actor of Jamaican parentage as well as civil rights activist,...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 01 March 2022

JAMAICA | The Caribbean demands Exoneration, Not Pardon for Marcus Garvey says PJ Patterson

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 16, 2022 - Former Jamaican prime minister and Queen's Counsel, P. J. Patterson, says the litany of travesties surrounding the wrongful conviction of Marcus Garvey should be...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 18 February 2022

BRITAIN | David Lammy requests pardon for 1823 slave rebellion convicts

(THE GUARDIAN) LONDON, February 14, 2022 - David Lammy has written to the government asking it to pardon 70 abolitionists convicted for their role in the historic 1823 Demerara rebellion...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 15 February 2022

How American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson became a hero in China

China National Radio and various channels of the widely influential China Central TV showcased Robeson on programs in 2021, 2012 and 2009 narrating China’s resistence to foreign military aggressions. This...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 10 February 2022

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JAMAICA | The Centre for Reparation Research honours “Chief Takyi Day”

Timbuktu manuscripts placed online are only a sliver of West Africa’s ancient archive

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BRITAIN | Slave Trader Memorial remains at Jesus College Chapel says Consistory Court

JAMAICA | Start the Reparation Conversation Now Says UWI Centre for Reparation Research

BARBADOS | Re-introducing The Ethiopian National Anthem

JAMAICA | Major Highway to be named in honour of Harry Belafonte says Holness

JAMAICA | The Caribbean demands Exoneration, Not Pardon for Marcus Garvey says PJ Patterson

BRITAIN | David Lammy requests pardon for 1823 slave rebellion convicts

How American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson became a hero in China

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