{"id":10461,"date":"2022-07-14T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=10461"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:30:27","slug":"call-to-mark-african-wear-day-on-july-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/14\/call-to-mark-african-wear-day-on-july-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Call To Mark \u201cAfrican Wear Day\u2019\u2019 On July 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Emancipation Day 2022 approaches, the Grenada National Reparations Committee (GNRC) wants Grenadians to honour their African ancestors in a visible display this year. The GNRC is marking Friday, July 29, as \u201cAfrican Wear Day\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Emancipation Day commemorates the occasion on August 1, 1834, when the British granted freedom to about 800,000 enslaved Africans in Canada and in its then colonies in the English-speaking Caribbean.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9029027270502087\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"filled\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_expand\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_anchor\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_3\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?client=ca-pub-9029027270502087&amp;output=html&amp;h=343&amp;adk=3928460376&amp;adf=843859313&amp;pi=t.aa~a.2014924149~i.9~rp.4&amp;w=412&amp;lmt=1657834340&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=3859101318&amp;psa=1&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=412x343&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mikeylive.com%2F2022%2F07%2F14%2Fcall-to-mark-african-wear-day-on-july-29%2F&amp;fwr=1&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=310&amp;rw=372&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;sfro=1&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1657834340043&amp;bpp=10&amp;bdt=2772&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20220707&amp;mjsv=m202207070101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dac6cf8efcb9c2445-2268b1466d7c00ee%3AT%3D1656636578%3ART%3D1656636578%3AS%3DALNI_MaqRz8eBRasblMi_5L0pq4bG5gk5A&amp;gpic=UID%3D0000073b2658b91b%3AT%3D1656636578%3ART%3D1657829757%3AS%3DALNI_MasKyavYpSNnU3xLYlZBvQkjaG4-w&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2Cauto%2C412x343&amp;nras=3&amp;correlator=5311468794384&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;ga_vid=564636008.1657834339&amp;ga_sid=1657834339&amp;ga_hid=1826669336&amp;ga_fc=0&amp;u_tz=-300&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=869&amp;u_w=412&amp;u_ah=869&amp;u_aw=412&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=2.625&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=0&amp;ady=1347&amp;biw=412&amp;bih=690&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=44768327%2C31067527%2C42531606&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=906969687357504&amp;tmod=969860170&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Flm.facebook.com%2F&amp;eae=0&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C412%2C0%2C412%2C690%2C412%2C690&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;ifi=4&amp;uci=a!4&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;xpc=DSCm9jfIK4&amp;p=https%3A\/\/www.mikeylive.com&amp;dtd=114\" name=\"aswift_3\" width=\"412\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!4\" data-google-query-id=\"CNLqr_Sa-fgCFeMBTwgdwzkL8A\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>An amount, now\u00a0valued at 178.6 billion in British currency, was paid in compensation to slave owners in 1834. Nothing was paid to the enslaved who endured generations of whipping, torture, beheading, rape and humiliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage each and every Grenadian of African descent to remember our ancestors and to pay homage to them by participating in African Wear Day on July 29,\u2019\u2019 said GNRC Chairman, Ambassador Arley Gill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn July 29, we invite you to wear an Africentric item of clothing; whether it\u2019s a shirt, dress, cap, kente cloth scarf or dashiki.\u00a0 Let\u2019s continue honouring our ancestors\u2019 legacy through our culture, our history and in our undying quest for true freedom \u2013 mental, economic and political \u2013 and by calling for reparations from those\u00a0implicated in the enslavement of our foreparents.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Among the activities to be held this year in Grenada to commemorate Emancipation Day is an online lecture on \u201cOrality and Traditional Mas of Grenada\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture, on Monday, July 25, is a collaboration between The Institute for People\u2019s Enlightenment and the Open Campus in Grenada of the University of the West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>The featured speaker will be Dr\u00a0Tola Dabiri of Leeds Beckett University in England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>As Emancipation Day 2022 approaches, the Grenada National Reparations Committee (GNRC) wants Grenadians to honour their African ancestors in a visible display this year. 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