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Remembering the Transatlantic Slave Trade and learning its lessons


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THE PEOPLE’S MEMORIAL TO CELEBRATE THE AYITIAN (HAITIAN) REVOLUTION AND MARK
UNESCO’S INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND ITS
ABOLITION IN LONDON’S TRAFALGAR SQUARE

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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

On the night of the 22 to 23 August 1791, men and women torn from Africa and
sold into slavery in Santo Domingue (now known as Haiti and the Dominican
Republic),  rose up against the slave system and won their freedom. The
revolution was led by former enslaved African and General, Toussaint
L’Ouverture, and saw Haiti become the first independent sovereign nation state
of Latin America and the Caribbean, the second republic in the Americas, the
only nation state in the western hemisphere to have defeated three European
superpowers (Britain, France and Spain), and the only nation state in the world
established as a result of a successful slave revolt.

The uprising played a crucial role in the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave
Trade and greatly impacted the establishment of universal human rights, for
which we are all indebted. In 1998 the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), designated the 23 August as the
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

Since 2016 Slavery Remembrance has held Sankofa Day™, an annual national
memorial in London’s Trafalgar Square to mark this day, celebrate the great
Ayitian (Haitian) Revolution and remember and honour the victims of the
Transatlantic Human Trafficking and Enslavement Trade. Sankofa Day™ is
affectionately known as the people’s memorial, until our memorial there had been
no truth and reconciliation process for this heinous piece of our shared
history. Sankofa Day is the first steps in the truth, healing and reconciliation
process done for the people by the people.  #TimeToRemember.



THOSE TAKEN FROM AFRICA WERE NOT SLAVES, THEY WERE DOCTORS, PRIESTS, MUSICIANS,
MERCHANTS, MOTHERS, FATHERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO WERE ENSLAVED BY THEIR
FELLOW MAN.




#TimeToRemember #TimeToRemember




REMEMBRANCE SANKOFA™



It is not wrong to go back for that which we have forgotten



Sankofa is a word from the Ghanaian Twi language meaning “Go back and get it” 
(san – to return; ko – to go; fa – to fetch, to seek and take)

The Sankofa is linked to the African proverb “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a
yenkyi,”  which translates as: “It is not wrong to go back for that which you
have forgotten.”

Sankofa is depicted by one of two symbols: a bird with its head turned backwards
taking an egg off its back, or as a stylised heart shape.

The Remembrance Sankofa™ encompasses both symbols as well as other symbols
including fifteen circles running down the neck of the bird symbolising the 15+
million people enslaved during this period.

BUY YOUR REMEMBRANCE SANKOFA BADGE FROM JUST £1 AND SUPPORT THE SANKOFA DAY
NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

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“WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY. THANK YOU FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT.”



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“IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, FIRST TIME FOR ME DEFINITELY GOING NEXT YEAR.”



Michael Lisbie






“MY FIRST TIME EVER ATTENDING THIS EVENT AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT”



Dinar Leo Dino




“WHAT A FANTASTIC EVENT! INCREDIBLY POWERFUL!”



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“THE AFTERNOON IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WONDERFUL.”



Angela Nash






TIME TO REMEMBER



BETWEEN 15 AND 28 MILLION MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE TAKEN FROM AFRICA AND
SOLD INTO SLAVERY.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade is one of humankind’s greatest atrocities and
perhaps, in reference to scale, the most heinous crime man has committed on
fellow man. It spanned over 400 years, involved between 15 and 28 million
(possibly a lot more) African men, women and children and was brought about by
several European countries including Portugal, Spain, Britain, France, Italy,
Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Belgium.

Those enslaved were taken all over the world including America, Brasil and the
Caribbean, resulting in major shifts in the developmental path and ethnic makeup
of all countries involved.



Slavery Remembrance is a national organisation established in 2016 to
acknowledge and honour the victims of the Transatlantic Human Trafficking and
Enslavement Trade, to celebrate the great Ayitian (Haitian) revolution and to
promote UNESCO’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and
its Abolition.



THE EFFECTS OF SLAVERY ARE ARGUABLY THE SINGLE LARGEST INCIDENT IN RESHAPING AND
DEFINING THE WORLD WE SEE TODAY AND CAN NO LONGER BE OVERLOOKED.


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“I WAS UNAVOIDABLY LATE BUT SO PROUD AND HAPPY I FINALLY REACHED. DO WE WAIT FOR
SAME TIME NEXT YEAR FOR THE NEXT EVENT OR IS THERE ANOTHER COMING UP?”

NATALIE ARMSTRONG

“THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, I WAS THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND IT WAS A BLESSING,
SHE JUST SAID ‘MUMMY NOW I KNOW WHERE I COME FROM’ THAT TOUCHED MY HEART, MY
DAUGHTER DID NOT HAVE IDENTITY[SIC] THAT’S WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SHE WAS STRUGGLING
AND I DIDN’T KNOW”

TICHAROSARIO (2017)

“VERY SPECIAL DAY. WELL DONE FOR ORGANISING, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AND A
YEAR OF EVEN GREATER PROGRESS.”

JAY 'ASMA' HALL

“THIS WOMAN’S [SIMPLY SAYO] POETRY WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED
THE ENTIRE EVENT, LOOKING FORWARD TO CHECKING IT OUT NEXT YEAR.”

SONDAI AZ

“WHAT A PLEASURE ATTENDING THE SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE MEMORIAL SERVICE YESTERDAY!
SO NICE TO MEET AKALA.. SUCH A KNOWLEDGEABLE BEING!”

KISHA BROMFIELD

“IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING MANY MORE! THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS TO PEOPLE’S ATTENTION. GOOD LUCK GOING FORWARD.”

LUCY REDDIN

“UP UP UP”

MONIQUE MARIE MARIE

“IT WA A PRIVELEGE AND AN HONOUR TO PERFORM AT SUCH A MOMENTOUS, IMPORTANT
OCCASION. WELL DONE FOR ALL YOUR HARD LABOURS SHEZAL AND YOUR TEAM. KEEP UP THE
GREAT WORK.”

PAMELA SAKYI

” I WAS AT TRAFALGAR SQUARE AS WELL YESTERDAY AND TOOK SOME VIDEOS. I WAS
PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE LADY ORIGINALLY FROM JAMAICA WHO SAID SHE SINGLE
HANDEDLY STARTED THE MOVEMENT. AS WELL AS THE YOUNG LADY POET, WHOSE POEM WAS
ENTITLED ” DO YOU LOVE YOURSELF BLACK BOY”

JOHN QUAYE QUAO

“WELL DONE TO ORGANISERS, POIGNANT BUT BRILLIANT EVENT I WAS GLAD TO BE THERE
ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTERS MAY WE ALL GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.”

MELVINA MICHEL-DE SOUSA (2017)

“I WAS UNAVOIDABLY LATE BUT SO PROUD AND HAPPY I FINALLY REACHED. DO WE WAIT FOR
SAME TIME NEXT YEAR FOR THE NEXT EVENT OR IS THERE ANOTHER COMING UP?”

NATALIE ARMSTRONG

“THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, I WAS THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND IT WAS A BLESSING,
SHE JUST SAID ‘MUMMY NOW I KNOW WHERE I COME FROM’ THAT TOUCHED MY HEART, MY
DAUGHTER DID NOT HAVE IDENTITY[SIC] THAT’S WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SHE WAS STRUGGLING
AND I DIDN’T KNOW”

TICHAROSARIO (2017)

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