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The 9thAnnual African Diaspora Heri-

tage Trail(ADHT) Conference, 2013,

takes place in Lafayette, Louisiana, inthe United States of America.

Our annual international conferenceshave so far been held in Africa, the

Caribbean, and Canada. In 2006 Baha-

mas held the 3rdAnnual Conference; in2009 the 5thInternational ADHT Con-

ference was held in Tanzania, Africa.

The 7thAnnual Conference was held inNova Scotia, Canada and the 8thAn-

nual Conference was held in Barbados.

Hosting the ADHT International Con-

ferences in these destinations fosters

sustainable economic development,provides inspiring educational experi-

ences, produces quality cultural prod-ucts that expose visitors to authentic

African Diaspora history and culture,

and motivates local populations to be-

come active participants in the preserva-

tion and dissemination of their historyand culture. Host organizations are able

to draw speakers from all countries in

the African Diaspora.

Lafayette is considered the heart of

Louisiana and was voted the BestFood Town by Rand McNally/USA

Today Best of the Road Rally. But

from 9th12thOctober 2013, we inviteyou to come to Lafayette for more than

the food!!

This is the first time that the ADHT

conference has been held in the UnitedStates. !!

So plan to attend this most memorable

conference and Wa pli tar!

9thAnnual ADHT Conference -Lafayette, Louisiana

THE ADHT

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ISSUE

APRIL NEWSLETTER

CONNECT

WITHTHE ADHT:

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Inside this issue:

A word from the

Chairperson

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ADHT 2013 Con-

ference Lafayette!

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ProfileChinua

Achebe

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ResourcesGreat

Black Heroes.com3

ADHT.bm Web-

site Launches!

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Here in Bermuda we used theweekend of 23rd25thMarch2013 to host a number of

events in commemoration ofthis special day. On Saturday23rdwe hosted a walk throughNorth Hamilton. Our maincity is Hamilton, in the parishof Pembroke and North Hamil-ton is an area where manyAfrican Bermudians settledwhen they came to Bermuda

both pre and post Emancipa-tion. This remains an area ofAfrican Bermudian owned busi-nesses to this day.On Sunday 24thMarch, we had

our signature event for thisannual commemoration, theannual commemorative serviceat Cobbs Hill Methodist

Church. This church was builtby slaves between 1825 and1827. The slaves worked on

the church after their normalwork day therefore most ofthe work was done at night.The road on which the churchis located is now called Mid-

night Lane.On Monday 25thMarch there

was a visual display showing the

ways in which African Bermudi-

ans celebrated Emancipation.

Our main Emancipation Cele-

bration event is Cup Match, a

two day cricket game, which

may be the longest-standingemancipation celebration event

in the western hemisphere. It

is played on the closest Thurs-

day and Friday to August 1,

which is Emancipation Day. Itbegan as a friendly game be-

tween a team from the western

end of the island and another

from the eastern end during

the annual picnics that were

held to celebrate emancipation.

In 1901 it was agreed that the

teams would play for a trophy

and in 1902 a silver cup was

purchased by the Friendly So-

cieties and CUP MATCH was

born. It is Bermudas most

famous event for CELEBRAT-ING EMANCIPATION!!

FROM THE CHAIRPERSONS DESKUN Day of Remembrance of Remembrance for

Victims of Slavery and Transtatlantic Slave Route March 25th

9thAnnual ADHT Conference -Lafayette, Louisiana

again, urgently.

President Kikwete may not

care about us, but he has

shown hell respond to

global media and public

pressure -- to all of you!We may only have

hours. Please stand withus to protect our land,our people and ourworlds most majestic

animals and tell every-one, before it is toolate.This is our last hope.

-- The Maasai community of

Ngorongoro District

SIGN THE PETITION

AND SHARE

To President Jakaya

Kikwete:

As citizens from around

the world, we call on you

to oppose any attempt to

evict Maasai from their

traditional land or require

them to relocate to make

way for foreign hunters.

We are counting on you

to be a champion for your

people and stop any at-

tempt to change their

land rights against their

will.

We are elders of the Maasai

from Tanzania, one of Af-

ricas oldest tribes.Thegovernment has just an-nounced that it plans tokick thousands of our

families off our lands sothat wealthy tourists canuse them to shoot lionsand leopards.The evic-tions are to begin immedi-

ately.

Last year, when word first

leaked about this plan, al-

most one million Avaaz

members rallied to our

aid. Your attention andthe storm it created

forced the governmentto deny the plan, and setthem back months.Butthe President has waited for

international attention to

die down, and now hes

revived his plan to take our

land. We need your help

DO YOUR

PART TO

SUPPORT

THE

MASSAI

SIGN THE

PETITION

TODAY

http://

www.avaaz.org/en/

stand_with_the_maa

sai_loc/?

cl=2678699858&v=2

3733

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G. MAXINEESDAILLE

ADHT CHAIR-

PERSON

SUPPORT THE MASSAI FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR LANDS
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Chinua Achebe began his ca-reer as a writer, became Af-ricas most widely read novelist

with his first novel, Things FallApart, is the largest sellingbook by any African author.The novel has sold more than10 million copies and has beentranslated into approximatelysixty languages around theworld. The classic work wasfollowed by such other novels

as No Longer At Ease, Arrowof God, A Man of the People,and Anthills of the Savannah.His works won numerous liter-ary prizes, including the Man

Booker Prize and the Gish

Prize for artistic excellence

which he received in 2010.Professor Achebes latest book,

There Was A Country: A Per-sonal History of Biafra, gener-ated great controversy anddebate in Nigeria and aroundthe world when it was pub-lished in October of 2012. Thebook is Achebes insider ac-count of his formation as awriter as well as a series of

crises that led to Nigerias civilwar in which a reported two

million people perished.During the Nigerian civil war(1967-1970), Achebe served as

an envoy of the secessionist

state of Biafra.Achebe was the scourge of bad

rulers in Nigeria and elsewherein Africa. His book The Trou-

ble With Nigeria criticized

Nigerian leaders for their

failure of leadership. He

twice rejected offers of Nige-

rian national honors in protest

against the policies of former

President Olusegun Obasanjo

and incumbent President

Goodluck Jonathan. However,

he won the inaugural edition of

the Nigerian National Merit

Award in the mid-1980s.

Visit the ADHT Resources Section on our website to to assist you in your pursuit of

diaspora knowledge. One resource is the great black heroes.com website. This sitelooks as many of the Black heroes in the course of history, pioneers and groundbreakers in different fields and brings recognition to those who have worked to over-

come obstacles to become heroes.

ADHT PROFILES -Chinua Achebe

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTGREAT BLACK HEROES

ADHT BOARDMEMBERS

Florenz Webbe-Maxwell -Director, Bermuda

Joy Wilson-Tucker - Direc-tor, Bermuda

Renee Ming - Director, Ber-muda

Graham Mawer - Director,

Ex Officio, Bermuda

Heather Whalen - Director,Ex Officio, Bermuda

C. Jack Ellis - Director, Inter-

national

Edmond Moukala - Director,International

Wayn Hamilton - Direc-tor, International

Selma Yvette Thomp-

son - Director, Interna-tional

Lena Charles, Director -

International

HON. DAVID ALLENADHT VISIONARY AND FOUNDER

DANNY GLOVERADHT HONORARY CHAIR

G. MAXINE ESDAILLEADHT CHAIRPERSON

OLUREMI BADEMOSIDIRECTOR AND TREASURER

Natalie Africa - Director,Bermuda

Dr. Kim Dismont Robinson- Director, Bermuda

Leaders of the

ADHT.

To learn more

visit their

profiles at

www.ADHT.bm

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FOR MORE RE-SOURCES RELAT-

ING TO THEAFRICAN DIS-

APORA, VISIT THERESOURCES SEC-

TION OF THEADHT.BMWEBSITE

Chinua AchebeAfricas most widelyread author

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ADHT

Charities House, 25Point Finger Road

Paget, DV 04,Bermuda

Phone:+1-441-236-2266

E-mail:[email protected]

The African Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT)is an international cultural tour-ism initiative that promotes socially conscious travel to sites identified as rele-vant and important to the global narrative of people and culture of African de-scent. It is designed to educate visitors and safeguard the core values and crea-tivity of African cultures and history. The ADHT Foundation seeks to establish

heritage trails linking Diaspora traditions in Africa, North, South and CentralAmerica, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Europe, and Canada by developing a net-

work of collaborators who identify, build, finance, promote and market culturalheritage destinations. ADHT destinations will foster sustainable economic de-velopment, provide inspiring educational experiences, produce quality culturalproducts that expose visitors to authentic African Diaspora history and culture,and motivate local populations to become active participants in the preserva-

tion and dissemination of their history and culture.

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The second object of the web-site is that it will act as a re-pository of the African diasporaexperiences around the globe.Here, a secured members onlysection has been createdwhere video, presentations,photos and papers will be ar-chived for use by the member-ship. This is the library of

congress of the African dias-pora where each countryaround the world will inputhistorical and current informa-tion on the activities and con-tributions of those of Africandescent.

We have now begun to imple-

ment our social media strategy

and platform to maximize

We are proud to an-nounced the launch of

www.ADHT.bm!

The website is a state of the arton-line community for theADHT, the chapters, and thoseinterested in the objectives ofthe organization. We for-mally launch the site during our

the Barbados conference.

The ADHT website supportsthe organization by providing aprestigious, attractive, andinteractive state-of-the-artmultimedia meeting placewhere international visitorscome to discover informationabout the diaspora trail around

the world.

awareness and interaction using

Facebook, Twitter, Flicker,

Linked IN, and YouTube to

further the objectives of the

project and website.

We ask for your help in pro-

viding content and suggestions.

We also ask you to connect

with us on facebook, twitter,

and youtube as well as visiting

the site regularly.

www.ADHT.bm

Facebook.com/AfricaDHT

Twitter: @ADHTInfo

YouTube: TheADHT

ADHT.bm Launched - The Online Resource of the ADHT

ABOUT THE ADHT

Were on the Web!

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