Every
year, the Ligali and Insaka organisations organise
a day of African Remembrance. The event is a day of
positive edutainment dedicated to remembering our
ancestors who have fought and died for self-determination,
justice and social revolution and the African people
and culture lost through enslavement, colonialism
and racism.
“Most
of the history of African people throughout the
world is told through slavery, a short period
in our history, considering that we are the oldest
of the world’s people.”
- John Henrik Clarke
Significantly,
this day of remembrance is not framed by or limited
to the european enslavement of African people. Whilst
African history includes the injustice and travesty
of enslavement, there are substantial and significant
elements of our history that have occurred outside
this era and it is essential and indeed respectful
that the people and culture outside this element of
history are also acknowledged and remembered.
Remembrance
is an on-going necessity and integral to the progression
of African people and culture. A Day of African Remembrance
fuses remembrance with the future by reminding us
of our past in order to form practical solutions for
the ways forward.
Click
here to register for
this year's event on Saturday 22nd July 2006
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