By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe July 23, 2008 Most of us will revel in African sartorial splendor during the next week. Such displays signal a magnificent achievement of which the Emancipation Support Committee (ESC) should be proud. It has made African Trinbagonians aware of their heritage and, at least for a week, makes us reflect … Continue reading Emancipation and Self-Reflection
On Tuesday 31st July, 2007, NAEAP held its dinner and awards ceremony at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya and Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe delivered his Emancipation address. By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe President: National Association for the Empowerment of African People On August 1, 2007, we celebrate two hundred years since the European slave trade … Continue reading Selwyn Cudjoe’s 2007 Emancipation Address
Emancipation Celebrations 2007 in pictures TriniView.com Reporters Event Date: July 27, 2007 The Emancipation Support Committee (E.S.C.) launched the 2007 Emancipation celebrations on Friday night, 27th July, at the Lidj Yasu Omawale Emancipation Village located at Jean Pierre Complex. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Remember the Middle Passage; Act to Repair the Damage”. … Continue reading E.S.C.’s 2007 Emancipation Launch
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu July 20, 2007 One of the most perplexing, disturbing and still yet unresolved perennial reality-check dilemmas that afflict Afrikan-Trinbagonians is their supremely blurred vision to clearly ascertain the intrinsic, historical differences between emancipation versus liberation. In this regard, Malcolm X is perfectly correct when he concludes: “The major problem with Black … Continue reading Emancipation versus Liberation
TriniView.com Staff Article The opening night of the Lidj Yasu Omowale Village was held at the Jean Pierre Complex on Thursday, 24th July, 2006, and was spared the torrential showers experienced earlier that day. Although the turnout was affected by the rainy weather, many people still showed up to welcome in the auspicious occasion of … Continue reading Emancipation 2006: Sheboka – The Gathering
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe August 21, 2024 Part IV Slavery ended officially in 1834 while apprenticeship ended slavery in practice in 1838. The 5,000 people who took part in the Revolt of October 1, 1849, were ex-slaves. The women were at the forefront in this battle. While the attempt to cut their hair ignited … Continue reading Hear ye; hair ye: listen and be enlightened
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe August 07, 2024 In his address to the nation on African Emancipation Day, the Leader of our Grief called upon his distraught citizens to focus on Afro-Trinbagonians who have made outstanding contributions at home and abroad. He urged the universities of the West Indies, of Trinidad and Tobago, and the … Continue reading An ideologue’s pirouette
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe June 26, 2024 I first encountered Philip Henry Douglin when I wrote Beyond Boundaries: The Intellectual Tradition of Trinidad and Tobago in the Nineteenth Century (2003). Since then I have been gathering information on Douglin at research centres such as the Watson Collection at Oxford University, the British Archives at … Continue reading Rescuing a hero from oblivion
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe April 29, 2024 I do not know what Cabinet intended to achieve when it changed “Emancipation Day” to “African Emancipation Day”, beginning August 1, 2024. Our Prime Minister declared that too many people at the international level were attempting to “add appendages” to the reasoning behind emancipation. He felt he … Continue reading Please stay home
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 20, 2024 “A Quest for Truth” was delivered on Monday Night February 19, 2024, at the UNC’s forum on crime. The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, leader of the UNC, other members of the panel, distinguished members of the UNC, ladies and gentlemen and those who are present at the Chaguanas … Continue reading A Quest for Truth