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which group gave the best oral

presentation.

The group that received the

highest score by the assessors

was comprised of Keyahno

Bean, Keshunae Robinson and

Tahirah Smith. Below is a pic-

ture from their website:

4th year students at CedarBridge

Academy participate each year in

a Trimester course called Pre-

serving Our Heritage.

This course is taught by Social

Studies teacher, Ms Judith Gill.

The class is designed to encour-

age students to learn about Ber-

mudas heritage and culture as

well as their own personal herit-

age and to find ways to share this

heritage with others.

One of the activities that stu-

dents were required to do this

semester was to build a website

that would share with others

what they had learned about

themselves and Bermudas

culture .

On Thursday 22nd May, as

Chair of the ADHT, I was invit-

ed to be one of the assessors

of the students websites. Oth-

er assessors included teachers

from the school as well as oth-

er students from S4.

The student website presenta-

tions were judged on the fol-

lowing: which was most attrac-

tive, easiest to navigate, most

unique, most informative and

Husband and wife, Joanne and

Quincy Burgess and their two

boys are now living and doing well

in Kenya, Africa.

But during May 2014, Joanne,

whose star is shining bright inter-

nationally, come home for a visit.

Joanne was here for the launch of

the most recent Bermuda Anthol-

ogy as she has a story in this

anthology., as well as for the re-

launch of her first book, Lizard

on the Rock, in e-book format at

the National Library. But in addi-

tion to that Joanne also per-

formed in the Griot Lounge at

Chewstick.

While in Kenya, in addition to her

duties as a mom and teacher,

Joanne is a judge on Sakata, the

Kenyan version of Americas

Dance Crew.

Quincy, Joannes husband is

also making his mark over-

seas. Those privileged to

have Quincy as a friend on

Facebook are able to keep up

with his many projects in

Kenya.

He brought his expertise as a

beekeeper to Kenya and has

now branched out to other

projects that provide solu-

tions to the Kenyan people

and their economy. He has

researched the benefits of the

Moringa seed which is available

locally in tea bags and powder

form.

Most recently he has been shar-

ing the benefits of the breadfruit

plant and has been invited to

speak in many countries on the

African continent, including Ken-

ya, Liberia and Mozambique

about the possibilities that har-

vesting this fruit offer.

Preserving Our Heritage at CBA

Ya Kijarida A D H T N E W S S L E T T E R J U N E 2 0 1 4

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

B e r m u d i a n s i n

t h e M o t h e r l a n d

# 1 & 2

S e m i n a r s o n P a n

A f r i c a n i s m

ADHT

Sites of

Memory

Whats the name of

this site? Use the

clues below to guess

the name of this is-

sues featured ADHT

site of memory.

I am located in

the town of St.

Georges.

I was built circa

1731.

At one point I

was owned by

Isabella and Wil-

liam Archer, one

of St. Geos most

successful Black

couples.

I am on the cor-

ner of Featherbed

Alley and Duke of

Kent Street.

Email your answer

to:

maxine@adht.bm

Bermudians in the Motherland #1

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P A G E 2

We cannot change the past,

but we can change our attitude

toward it. Uproot guilt and

plan forgiveness. Tear out

arrogance and seed humility.

Exchange love for hate

Maya Angelou

A Guide to Slave Route Sites of Memory A Guide to Slave Route Sites

of Memory in the Caribbean

is a new book to be published by

the Caribbean Studies Press

which will be released shortly.

The editors of this book are

Alissandra Cummins , who was a

speaker at the ADHT Confer-

ence held in Barbados in 2012,

and Dr. Tara Inniss, a lectured in

the History Department at Uni-

versity of the West Indies., Cave

Hill, Campus. The United Na-

tions launched the Slave Route

Project in 1994. The ADHT is an

official site on this route which

takes into account countries

which were included in the

transatlantic, Indian Ocean and

Mediterranean slave trades.

The ADHT Bermuda Founda-

tion was asked to contribute

to this publication and we have

included a number of sites of

memory which are found on

our local trail.

The local sites of memory that

will be included in the book

are Jeffreys Cave in Spittal

Pond, Pilot Darrell Square, the

Sally Bassett Statute, the Enter-

prise Landing Site at Barrs Bay

Park and the Cobbs Hill Method-

ist Church on Midnight Lane in

Warwick.

The book is due to come out

later this year, as 2014 is the 20th

Anniversary of the UNESCO

Slave Route Project. The aim of

the book is to ensure that the

slave trade and Africas cultural

heritage assume their rightful

place in the global heritage of

humanity.

Another young Bermudian doing well in Africa, is Quinton Sherlock. Quinton is studying for his Ph.D. in

Psychology at the University of Ghana in Accra. If you check out his Facebook page you will see that he is

thoroughly enjoying his studies and the experience of being in Africa and Ghana in particular. He is im-

mersing himself in the culture and life of the

area in which he lives.

But in addition to his studies in Africa, Quin-

ton still has his homeland at heart and is

finding ways in which he can share his expe-

rience in the motherland with his country,

even while he works on his Doctorate.

During this summer, Quinton will be pre-

senting two (2) sets of seminars for local

audiences. The first will be weekly seminars

on Pan Africanism (see flyer to left) which

will take place on 23rd and 30th June, also

7th, 14th and 21st July at Southampton

Rangers Sports Club Hall.

The ADHT supports Quinton in his efforts

to educate us by offering 2 free tickets to

each of the lectures. In order to go in the

draw to win these tickets, all you have to do

is to give the correct answers to questions

about in the Diaspora in which the ADHT

has previously held our international confer-

ences: Bermuda, Tanzania, Bahamas, Nova

Scotia in Canada and Barbados. Infor-

mation about the contest to follow.

Quinton will also be speaking during the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Emancipation

Week of activities. On Tuesday, 29th July 2014, Quinton will speak on the topic: Putting Up a Re-

sistance: The Friendly Society Movement in Bermuda 19001950. Y A K I J A R I D A

Bermudians in the Motherland #2 Lets share books!!

I love to read good, hardcopy, paper and typewritten booksnot e-books.

With the mention of Quinton and Ghana, I remembered that I am reading: MURDER AT CAPE THREE POINTSa book set in Ghana by Ghanian author - Kwei Quartey. This book is a mystery, my favourite genre for light reading, and is his 3rd book with Detective Inspector Dar-ko Dawson as the lead investigator.

A great read! Available at our National Library.

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