USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Blackspace, an annual event in Woodside , St. Mary Jaamaica

 

 

 Please post, as we would like more continent Africans to attend this reasoning of Black Space on the 29^th and 30^{th in the Village of Woodside, St. Mary, Jamaica W.I.} .You will be accommodated.

Black Space is an annual reasoning that takes place in Woodside, St. Mary Jamaica and is spearhead by Erna Brodber, a Jamaican Ethnographer and novelist/ anthropologist.  Erna has invited the internatitonal community to her village in St. Mary for years, and the village welcomes them, and accommodates them.  A Reasoning goes on, in the tradition of Rastafari, with outcome and overstanding.     Following the event is an Emancipation celebration that takes   place in the village of Woodside as well, on the 31st of July and the 1st of August.  You may also want to stay for Jamaican independence celebrations this year. 

Ida Tafari

 

Black space

blackspace announces its annual reasoning to be held as usual on July 29th and 30th at Erna Brodber's place in Woodside, St Mary. Dubbed "the Diaspora faces Africa", its intention is to dispel some of the more negative stereotypes and resentments which descendants of African enslaved in the New World have of and against Africa and its present inhabitants. A panel of Africans from the mainland will be on day1. answer questions posed by the diaspora and respond to our expressions of ignorance and anger.

 Day 2. Africans will ask questions of the diaspora and will expose us to what they consider to be the best of their arts, craft, cuisine. As usual there is no charge. Room and board within walking distance of the meeting place is available at a reasonable rate.   African Jamaican style lunch will be on sale. Africans and descendants of Africans enslaved in the New World who are interested in participating in this conversation, please call Carolyn Allen at 342 7669 or email clynallen @yahoo.com or Erna Brodber 610 9352 or ernabrodber1@yahoo.com. for further information.

Preliminary Programme

Welcome: Timothy Brodber, company secretary, blackspace Ltd

Invocation: Taitu Heron

Day 1: Dispelling Negative Stereotypes of Africa and Africans (morning and after- lunch session)

Facilitator: Dr Catherine John, Associate Professor, Oklahoma University

Day2. Africa Day

Africans share their own misgiving about the Diaspora and share their culture with us.(morning and after- lunch sessions)

Facilitator(s) Carolyn Allen/Randy McClaren

Closing remarks: Erna Brodber

Convenor, blackspace reasoning

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The CF Lifeline Foundation in partnership with the Rastafari Business and Professional Association (RBPA) and the Universal Social Club (USC) present Fathers' Day Owanbe 2012 on Saturday June 16, 2012. Fathers' Day Owanbe 2012 will be held at the Country Farmhouse, 3 Deanery Road.

The day's activities will include football matches, music, screening of documentaries, food and fun. Please see the attached flyer for more details. Thank you.

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  - Marcus Garvey, 1937.