The “One Journey” Symposium is a series of global dialogues among people of African descent in Africa and the African Diaspora whose journeys collectively reflect the black historical experience.
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Featuring Speakers and Panelists in Jamaica, Canada, United States, Freetown, and Africa, this 3rd One Journey Symposium highlights different perspectives and contributions of the journey and legacies of Jamaican Maroons, Africa-Caribbean connections and the founding of Historic Maroon Town in Africa 222 years ago in 1800.
Amadu Massally (CEO & Founder, Fambul Tik, Heritage Company)
Akindele Decker (Curator, Writer, Co-Founder African Curator)
Adrian Labor (Engineer, Co-Founder African Curator)
Chief Michael Grizzle (Chief of Trelawny Town Flagstaff Maroon Council)
Gloria Simms (CEO Maroon Indigenous Women’s Circle)
Dr. Nemata Blyden (George Washington University)
Danny Labor (Co-Founder, AfriCaribbean Festival)
Empress Jalloh (Co-Founder, AfriCaribbean Festival)
Dr. Malcolm Finney (Professor & Historian)
David Adesina During (Palm Wine Band – Toronto)
Ing. Melbourne Garber (Historian and Engineer)
Natassja Bynoe (African Diaspora Institute of Cultural Exchange)
Victor Barber-Richards (Maroon Church – Freetown)
Trevor Young (Sierra Leone to the Top)
Friday, September 30th 2022
Introduction & Mayor of Freetown’s Address
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer
Jamaican Maroons Commemorate 222th Anniversary of the Arrival in Freetown in 1800
Chief Michael Grizzle
Jamaican Maroons Commemorate 222th Anniversary of the Arrival in Freetown in 1800
Gaamang Gloria Simms
St. John’s Maroon Church in Freetown Commemorate 222th Anniversary of the Arrival of Jamaican Maroons in Freetown in 1800
Victor Barber-Richards
Historical Markers & Open Discussion
Chief Michael Grizzle,
Gaamang Gloria Simms
Victor Barber-Richards
Ing. Melbourne Garber
Saturday, October 1st 2022
West Indians in Sierra Leone
Dr. Nemata Blyden
Natassja Bynoe
Liberated African Emigration to West Indies & West Indian Immigration
Akindele T.M. Decker
Amadu Massally
Trevor Young
Adrian Q. Labor, Dolly Labor, Marina Elba, Nora Macaulay, Walter Deigh
Keynote
Chief Michael Grizzle
Ing. Melbourne Garber
Creolized Languages: Krio, Jamaican Patois, Gullah, Suriname Creole
Dr. Malcolm Finney
Daughter of the Monsoon
African-Caribbean Music & Culture
Adesina During
Adrian Q. Labor
Iyamide Thomas
AfriCaribbean Festival 2022
Danna Labor
Empress Jalloh
This 3rd Symposium is organized by Adrian Q. Labor, Akindele T.M. Decker, & Barbara Morgan of African Curator, and AfriCaribbean Festival.
