A series of activities has been planned in observance of “Black History Month”, which began on Wednesday with an art exhibition at the Quava Centre at the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA), Thomas Lands, Georgetown.
ACDA executive member Eric Philips in an interview with Guyana Times International said other activities include lectures, drumming and a food exhibition.
There will also be an entrepreneurship workshop on February 15, which will be addressed by Culture, Youth and Sport Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, and attended by representatives from civil society and various organisations, including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Institute for Private Enterprise Development (IPED) and the European Union (EU).
The workshop themed “Economic Empowerment” will be followed by a film festival.
ACDA is working with the African Heritage Museum, to have some of its artifacts on display, throughout the month.
According to Phillips, celebrations will be held in the three counties, and plans are in the pipeline for the hosting of a reparations conference that will include the Pan-African movement and Rastafarian organisations.
A few outstanding African Guyanese will be honoured and prominent public personalities will be invited to speak about their contributions to their respective fields of work and Guyana as a whole.
ACDA is hoping that the celebrations planned will attract a wide cross-section of students, as the aim is to get students to learn more about African culture.
The African cultural body also said that its programmes are designed to target children, and is calling on parents to support its work.
