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2011 UN theme year
The
United Nations General Assembly
declared the year 2011 as
International Year for People of African Descent
(in UN resolution A/RES/64/169).
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That year also marked the 10th anniversary of the
World Conference Against Racism
(also known as the Durban Conference),
[2]
which approved a resolution stating that slavery along with the colonization that sustained it were
crimes against humanity
.
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Selected related initiatives
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The
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights
coordinated activities surrounding the Year, and encouraged other parties, both UN agencies as well as member states, to carry out similar initiatives.
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[2]
These included:
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- February:
Islands as Crossroads: Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Small Island Developing States
(publication)
[6]
- February 4?24: Exhibition on Arts and Poetry by artist Hilda Zagaglia, Alta Garcia,
Argentina
- February 28?March 3: Meeting of the International Scientific Committee of the
UNESCO
Slave Route Project
,
Bogota
- March 21?23: SEPHIS Workshop "Equity, Justice, Development: People of African Descent in Latin America in comparative Perspective",
University of Cartagena
,
Colombia
[7]
- April: Launching of the international Year for People of African Descent in
Brazil
, UNESCO
Brasilia
- May 4?11: Black International Cinema Festival, Fountainhead Tanz Theatre,
Berlin
,
Germany
- May 10: Commemorating the Slave Trade and Slavery as a Crime against Humanity, France
- June 6?12: Afro-Brazilian Arts and Cultural Heritage Festival,
Washington DC
,
United States of America
[8]
- July 4?15: Harriet Tubman Student Summer Programme on "Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies",
York University, Toronto
,
Canada
- August 11?13: Pan-African Women's Action Summit,
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
, US
- August 23:
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- Angola
: Conference "Escravos angolanos povoaram tambem as Antilhas Neerlandesas" ("Angolan slaves also populated the
Netherlands Antilles
"), organized by the Eduardo dos Santos Foundation, at the
Agostinho Neto University
in
Luanda
- Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC): Workshop on achievements of the Slave Route Project in the DRC, with presentation of
The Slave Trade, Slavery and Colonial Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(published 2010)
- Ghana
: Workshop on the slave trade for educators from three regions of the world,
Accra
[9]
- Grenada
: exhibition and commemorative activities organized by National Commission for UNESCO and the National Museum of Grenada,
St. George's
- Madagascar
: screening of the documentary
Slave Routes: A Global Vision
, at the
University of Antananarivo
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
: launch of the activities of the national committee for the Slave Route Project
[10]
- Senegal
: Panel discussion, painting and photo exhibition, cultural and artistic activities at the Joseph Ndiaye Socio-cultural Centre,
Goree
[11]
- UK
: Commemoration at the
National Maritime Museum
,
London
- September 22?24: 7th International African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference, World Trade and Convention Centre,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
, Canada
- October:
Boscoe Holder
exhibition at the Upper Room Art Gallery at Top of the Mount,
Mount Saint Benedict
,
St Augustine, Trinidad
[12]
- October 20: Panel discussion "The Causes and Consequences of Racism",
Eastern Michigan University
,
Ypsilanti, Michigan
, US
[13]
- October 29: Celebration of the International Year for People of African Descent and Promotion of the General History of Africa, UNESCO,
Paris
- November 2 (?June 24, 2012): Itinerant photographic exhibition: "Women in Africa - No Color One Color", Italian Institute of Culture,
Nairobi, Kenya
; Sheraton Hotel,
Milan Malpensa Airport
, Italy; and other venues
[14]
- November 9: Celebration ? International Year for People of African Descent; Africa, Mere de tous les peuples.
Palais des Nations
,
Geneva, Switzerland
. On the occasion of the International Year for People of African Descent.
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- Brazil-Africa: Crossed Histories Programme in the 36th UNESCO General Conference
See also
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References
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- ^
2011 International Year for People of African Descent"
, UNCHR,
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a
b
"History in dialogue on memories of the slave trade and slavery"
, UNESCO, August 22, 2011.
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Gina Thesee and Paul R. Carr,
"The 2011 International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD): The paradox of colonized invisibility within the promise of mainstream visibility"
,
Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society
, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012, pp. 158?180.
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"Culture: 2011, International Year for People of African Descent"
, UNESCO.
- ^
"Calendar of events"
, 2011 International Year for People of African Descent, United Nations Human Rights.
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"Small Island Developing States: Just published: Islands as Crossroads - Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Small Island Developing States"
, UNESCO.
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"Equity, Justice, Development: People of African Descent in Latin America in comparative Perspective"
, Cartagena, Colombia, March 21 to 23, 2011.
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"Afro-Brazilian Arts and Cultural Heritage Festival Brings Music, Art, Dance, Film, and Food to Nation's Capital"
, CapoeiraDC Press release.
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"23 August: Teachers from three regions learn lessons about the slave trade"
, UNESCO.
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"UNESCO Slave Route project Launched in Saint Kitts and Nevis"
, UNESCO.
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"Return to Goree: Remembrance of the Slave Trade and of its Abolition"
, UNESCO.
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"Discovering the Art of Boscoe Holder"
Archived
2014-05-14 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Trinidad Express Newspapers
, 15 October 2011.
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"The Causes and Consequences of Racism"
, EMU Department of African American Studies, October 20, 2011.
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International Itinerant Photographic Exhibition “WoMen in Africa ? NO COLOR ONE COLOR” by Ludovico Maria Gilberti
, Fuoriserrone.
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" Africa...Mere de tous les peuples, une Celebration"
, Palais des Nations, 9 November 2011.
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